Existing law prohibits the purchase, receipt, possession, or control of firearms for a period of 5 years by persons that have been admitted to a mental health facility on the basis of their being a threat to themselves or others or as a result of being certified for intensive treatment. Existing law requires a mental health facility that admits a person described above to immediately report specified information to the Department of Justice with respect to the person.
California AB 302 (20092010) — Deadly weapons: prohibited persons: reports.
Existing law prohibits the purchase, receipt, possession, or control of firearms for a period of 5 years by persons that have been admitted to a mental health facility on the basis of their being a threat to themselves or others or as a result of being certified for intensive treatment. Existing law requires a mental health facility that admits a person described above to immediately report specified information to the Department of Justice with respect to the person.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 302 BEALL Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
AB 302 BEALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Beall — primary (person)
Alquist — coauthor (person)
Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
De Leon — coauthor (person)
Hill — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2009-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2009-03-04 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2009-03-25 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-04-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2009-05-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-06-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-06-03 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 2058.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-06-18 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2009-06-22 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2010-01-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2010-04-14 Withdrawn from committee.
2010-04-14 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2010-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2010-06-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2010-06-15 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2010-06-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2010-06-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2010-08-18 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 4573.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2010-08-20 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6417.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2010-09-03 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 p.m.
2010-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2010-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 344, Statutes of 2010.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c364e493-edac-4c16-8241-f6ac43ca2cf8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).