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Bill	Firearms.	(1) Existing law, subject to exceptions, requires a firearm transaction to be conducted by a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law establishes requirements that dealers must adhere to in conducting firearms transactions and when delivering firearms, including, among others, a 10-day waiting period, purchaser background check, and possession of a handgun safety certificate by the purchaser.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1609	California AB 1609 (20132014)	bill	Firearms.	enacted	Alejo	7	23	7	2014-02-06	2014-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/aa9895f6-c1ec-4b58-8538-73bdf838cab8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1609	6d7436f2eb0e77d69adf92f3f28c63a5518f022605bb21ca9e510a276b028f9c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1609 (20132014) — Firearms.

(1) Existing law, subject to exceptions, requires a firearm transaction to be conducted by a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law establishes requirements that dealers must adhere to in conducting firearms transactions and when delivering firearms, including, among others, a 10-day waiting period, purchaser background check, and possession of a handgun safety certificate by the purchaser.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/23/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/19/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1609 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1609 Alejo By Wolk — 22–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 1609 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 49–25 (pass) · lower
• AB 1609 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 49–27 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alejo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-04-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5088.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 5222.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-08-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 4892.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6646.)
• 2014-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6656.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 878, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa9895f6-c1ec-4b58-8538-73bdf838cab8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).