--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms." description: "(1) Existing law makes it a crime for certain persons to possess a firearm, including, among other persons, persons convicted of a felony, persons who are addicted to the use of a narcotic drug, persons convicted of specified violent offenses, persons who have been adjudicated by a court of any state to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, and persons who have been admitted to a facility, are receiving inpatient treatment, and, in the opinion of the attending health professional who is primarily responsible for the patient's treatment, are a danger to themselves or others." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "AB 2551" citation: "California AB 2551 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"] version_count: 6 action_count: 22 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2022-02-17" last_action: "2022-07-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0291db-ea20-4b0c-b35a-3f684880166d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551" source_hash: "7268c80aaf2f2f6a726d5d296d558506df3c4a1e6ff766529a98893ad701b53e" 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 2551 (20212022) — Firearms. (1) Existing law makes it a crime for certain persons to possess a firearm, including, among other persons, persons convicted of a felony, persons who are addicted to the use of a narcotic drug, persons convicted of specified violent offenses, persons who have been adjudicated by a court of any state to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, and persons who have been admitted to a facility, are receiving inpatient treatment, and, in the opinion of the attending health professional who is primarily responsible for the patient's treatment, are a danger to themselves or others. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551&version=20210AB255199INT) 2. **05/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551&version=20210AB255198AMD) 3. **06/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551&version=20210AB255197AMD) 4. **07/12/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551&version=20210AB255195CHP) 5. **AB2551** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551) 6. **06/30/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551&version=20210AB255196ENR) ## Votes - AB 2551 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — **63–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2551 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2551 McCarty et al. By Nielsen — **36–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - McCarty — primary (person) - Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person) - Carrillo — coauthor (person) - Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person) - Haney — coauthor (person) - Members Bloom — coauthor (person) - Nielsen — principal coauthor (person) - Quirk — coauthor (person) - Stone — coauthor (person) - Wood — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20. - **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 4613.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2022-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. 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 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-06-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4532.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2022-06-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 19.) - **2022-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-07-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2022-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 100, 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/da0291db-ea20-4b0c-b35a-3f684880166d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).