--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms." description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to require a firearms dealer to charge each firearm purchaser a fee, as specified, to fund various specified costs in connection with, among other things, a background check of the purchaser, and to fund the costs associated with the department's firearms-related regulatory and enforcement activities related to the sale, purchase, loan, or transfer of firearms. The bill would make related legislative findings and declarations." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 819" citation: "California SB 819 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Leno"] version_count: 6 action_count: 27 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2011-02-18" last_action: "2011-10-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1566af72-4ed0-48e9-83c3-96c13ec9ec23" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB819" source_hash: "6d0ec63cd3c48a4c67f63b3678144d8b1ab13ff9179c694001b5900c507354ed" 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 819 (20112012) — Firearms. Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to require a firearms dealer to charge each firearm purchaser a fee, as specified, to fund various specified costs in connection with, among other things, a background check of the purchaser, and to fund the costs associated with the department's firearms-related regulatory and enforcement activities related to the sale, purchase, loan, or transfer of firearms. The bill would make related legislative findings and declarations. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB819&version=20110SB81999INT) 2. **03/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB819&version=20110SB81998AMD) 3. **04/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB819&version=20110SB81997AMD) 4. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB819&version=20110SB81995CHP) 5. **SB819** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB819) 6. **08/31/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB819&version=20110SB81996ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower - Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower - SB 819 Leno Senate Third Reading By GATTO — **50–27** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **22–16** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Leno — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21. - **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 12. - **2011-04-04** Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set. - **2011-04-05** Set for hearing April 26. - **2011-04-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 742.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9. - **2011-05-09** Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26. - **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 1122.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 16. Page 1234.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-07** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 2646.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-08-29** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2011-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 743, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1566af72-4ed0-48e9-83c3-96c13ec9ec23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).