---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "(1) Existing law makes it a crime to acquire a firearm with the intent to transfer the firearm to a minor or to evade specified requirements on the transfer of firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 758"
citation: "California SB 758 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2024-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91dc62ec-da1b-4d01-bfc6-6ba564d5efdb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB758"
source_hash: "a4308bde25f1175c5f5af2cfde92467fd514850a398a7f7e0f21e3d2b0cc99de"
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 758 (20232024) — Firearms.

(1) Existing law makes it a crime to acquire a firearm with the intent to transfer the firearm to a minor or to evade specified requirements on the transfer of firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB758&version=20230SB75899INT)
2. **05/23/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB758&version=20230SB75898AMD)
3. **06/05/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB758&version=20230SB75897AMD)
4. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB758&version=20230SB75896AMD)
5. **09/24/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB758&version=20230SB75894CHP)
6. **SB758** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB758)
7. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB758&version=20230SB75895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **30–6** (pass) · upper
- SB 758 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Grayson — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB758 Umberg et al. Concurrence — **31–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Umberg — primary (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 660.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1182.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 1260.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-05-23** 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`
- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6544.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5559.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-04** 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 543, 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/91dc62ec-da1b-4d01-bfc6-6ba564d5efdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).