republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deadly weapons: prohibited persons: reports."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 302"
citation: "California AB 302 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deadly weapons: prohibited persons: reports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c364e493-edac-4c16-8241-f6ac43ca2cf8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB302"
source_hash: "76c5a22b2eebacaaf90e69f1f1975841308fe20d2d209c7f51458e57351f7478"
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 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.

1. **02/17/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB302&version=20090AB30299INT)
2. **01/21/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB302&version=20090AB30297AMD)
3. **06/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB302&version=20090AB30298AMD)
4. **06/22/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB302&version=20090AB30296AMD)
5. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB302&version=20090AB30294CHP)
6. **AB302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB302)
7. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB302&version=20090AB30295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB302 Beall By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c364e493-edac-4c16-8241-f6ac43ca2cf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).