---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: the OC Fair and Event Center."
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: "SB 264"
citation: "California SB 264 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: the OC Fair and Event Center."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Min"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffd8882f-e45f-4643-8960-1bc1f1189c0d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB264"
source_hash: "39cfafadfe9bdd24d9748705d6a764194e6bac14f4edea531de0717a19da37e7"
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 SB 264 (20212022) — Firearms: the OC Fair and Event Center.

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. **01/27/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB264&version=20210SB26499INT)
2. **02/24/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB264&version=20210SB26498AMD)
3. **04/19/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB264&version=20210SB26497AMD)
4. **06/15/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB264&version=20210SB26496AMD)
5. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB264&version=20210SB26495AMD)
6. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB264&version=20210SB26493CHP)
7. **SB264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB264)
8. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB264&version=20210SB26494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 264 Min Senate Third Reading By Ting — **51–21** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB264 Min et al. Concurrence — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB264 Min et al. — **29–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Min — primary (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 27.
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-02-24** Set for hearing March 16.
- **2021-02-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 521.) (March 16). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2021-04-19** April 22 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-04-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2021-05-04** May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1185.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1309.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 21. Page 2713.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2387.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 684, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffd8882f-e45f-4643-8960-1bc1f1189c0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).