--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms: state property." 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 915" citation: "California SB 915 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms: state property."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Min"] version_count: 6 action_count: 29 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2022-02-02" last_action: "2022-07-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3e2c94-97b7-49fb-8dc3-8b4088e5e854" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB915" source_hash: "c9d4842610fe5f12b8919c222281bd0bbc6344d86f9d5bfd7673ca2b0c33bd94" 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 915 (20212022) — Firearms: state property. 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. **02/02/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB915&version=20210SB91599INT) 2. **06/02/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB915&version=20210SB91598AMD) 3. **06/06/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB915&version=20210SB91597AMD) 4. **07/21/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB915&version=20210SB91595CHP) 5. **SB915** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB915) 6. **07/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB915&version=20210SB91596ENR) ## Votes - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **10–4** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB915 Min et al. Concurrence — **25–8** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading SB915 Min et al. — **25–9** (pass) · upper - SB 915 Min Senate Third Reading By Bennett — **50–22** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Min — primary (person) - Bennett — principal coauthor (person) - Carrillo — coauthor (person) - Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person) - Limón — principal coauthor (person) - Santiago — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5. - **2022-02-07** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2022-02-07** (Ayes 31. Noes 6.) - **2022-02-07** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.) - **2022-02-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2022-02-18** Set for hearing March 8. - **2022-03-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3049.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-03-25** Set for hearing April 4. - **2022-04-04** April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19. - **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3775.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 3867.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-02** 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` - **2022-06-06** 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` - **2022-06-08** Coauthors revised. - **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-06-22** Coauthors revised. - **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 5555.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-06-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2022-06-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 4529.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. - **2022-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 145, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b3e2c94-97b7-49fb-8dc3-8b4088e5e854`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).