republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-819.md

---
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).