---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "(1) Existing law requires any person who manufactures more than 3 firearms in a year to be licensed by the state as a firearms manufacturer. Existing law prohibits any person from using a three-dimensional printer to manufacture a firearm unless that person is a state-licensed firearms manufacturer. Existing law prohibits any person from using a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine to manufacture a firearm unless the person is a federally licensed manufacturer or importer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1089"
citation: "California AB 1089 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f02e02cb-8ebf-411c-a625-4d192c14ef9c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1089"
source_hash: "865ebdbd8dda1e9b08e20e687223fdabf2850f62e9badac6ffc8ffcabd9c7ecb"
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 1089 (20232024) — Firearms.

(1) Existing law requires any person who manufactures more than 3 firearms in a year to be licensed by the state as a firearms manufacturer. Existing law prohibits any person from using a three-dimensional printer to manufacture a firearm unless that person is a state-licensed firearms manufacturer. Existing law prohibits any person from using a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine to manufacture a firearm unless the person is a federally licensed manufacturer or importer.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1089&version=20230AB108999INT)
2. **03/29/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1089&version=20230AB108998AMD)
3. **04/19/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1089&version=20230AB108997AMD)
4. **07/03/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1089&version=20230AB108996AMD)
5. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1089&version=20230AB108995AMD)
6. **09/26/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1089&version=20230AB108993CHP)
7. **AB1089** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1089)
8. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1089&version=20230AB108994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1089 Gipson et al. By Min — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1089 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — **64–8** (pass) · lower
- AB 1089 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gipson — primary (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-03-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (March 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 8. Page 1895.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 2434.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 9. Page 3072.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 243, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f02e02cb-8ebf-411c-a625-4d192c14ef9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).