--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms: prohibited persons." description: "Existing law prohibits certain persons who have been the subject of specified mental health determinations, including having been placed under conservatorship by a court, having been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, having been found not guilty of specified crimes due to reason of insanity, having been adjudicated by a court to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, or having been adjudicated to be a mentally disordered sex offender, from possessing or receiving a firearm, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 2629" citation: "California AB 2629 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms", "prohibited persons"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Haney"] version_count: 8 action_count: 28 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2024-02-14" last_action: "2024-09-24" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c372477-8dc5-42f8-8775-8c99c88269fe" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2629" source_hash: "3709a336e10885c46d150e8c1b59040d1b7667e19fd9b1bff7fe210a3cddee12" 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 2629 (20232024) — Firearms: prohibited persons. Existing law prohibits certain persons who have been the subject of specified mental health determinations, including having been placed under conservatorship by a court, having been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, having been found not guilty of specified crimes due to reason of insanity, having been adjudicated by a court to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, or having been adjudicated to be a mentally disordered sex offender, from possessing or receiving a firearm, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2629&version=20230AB262999INT) 2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2629&version=20230AB262998AMD) 3. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2629&version=20230AB262997AMD) 4. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2629&version=20230AB262996AMD) 5. **08/27/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2629&version=20230AB262995AMD) 6. **09/24/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2629&version=20230AB262993CHP) 7. **AB2629** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2629) 8. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2629&version=20230AB262994ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2629 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments Move The Previous Question By AGUIAR-CURRY — **58–2** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2629 Haney By Portantino — **39–1** (pass) · upper - AB 2629 Haney Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2629 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Haney — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2024-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16. - **2024-03-21** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2024-05-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. - **2024-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5604.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-27** Joint Rule 61 suspended. - **2024-08-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 527, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c372477-8dc5-42f8-8775-8c99c88269fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).