republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-837.md

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Bill	Firearms: prohibited persons.	Firearms: prohibited persons.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 837	California AB 837 (20072008)	bill	Firearms: prohibited persons.	enacted	Feuer	9	35	7	2007-02-22	2008-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/13c6e4da-532b-46a8-806c-b8a1048dcac5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB837	5d1e4f255fe869d6cde00b38ff0ce085bc109483b7382f5cbf9bea22917d5e1b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 837 (20072008) — Firearms: prohibited persons.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/29/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/09/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/26/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/07/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB837 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/19/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 837 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 837 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB837 Feuer By Scott — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Feuer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2007-03-08 Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2007-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2007-04-09 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. referral-committee
• 2007-04-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-04-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-04-25 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 1310.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-05-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. referral-committee
• 2007-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2007-06-27 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2007-06-28 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. referral-committee
• 2007-07-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2007-09-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-04-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-01 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2008-05-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. referral-committee
• 2008-06-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-06-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-06-11 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2008-06-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2008-06-25 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-08-04 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2008-08-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-07 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4845.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2008-08-12 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6380.)
• 2008-08-14 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage
• 2008-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 6531.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-17 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
• 2008-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13c6e4da-532b-46a8-806c-b8a1048dcac5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).