---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: prohibited places."
description: "Existing law generally regulates the sale and transfer of firearms, including, among other things, requiring transactions of firearms to be completed through a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law generally makes a violation of the requirements relating to the sale, lease, or transfer of a firearm a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1769"
citation: "California AB 1769 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: prohibited places."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a2b5a9e-2d0f-4e10-8f9a-350f0a6460b5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1769"
source_hash: "50bc77357ed1f568d30260b480ca1989b724a405910e41e31a70474e3a02c5ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1769 (20212022) — Firearms: prohibited places.

Existing law generally regulates the sale and transfer of firearms, including, among other things, requiring transactions of firearms to be completed through a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law generally makes a violation of the requirements relating to the sale, lease, or transfer of a firearm a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/02/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1769&version=20210AB176999INT)
2. **07/21/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1769&version=20210AB176997CHP)
3. **AB1769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1769)
4. **07/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1769&version=20210AB176998ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1769 Bennett et al. By Limón — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1769 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — **53–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Limón — principal coauthor (person)
- Min — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 4982.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 4531.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-29** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 140, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a2b5a9e-2d0f-4e10-8f9a-350f0a6460b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).