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Bill	Assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles.	Existing law, subject to exceptions, generally prohibits the possession of an assault weapon or a .50 BMG rifle, as defined. Violation of these prohibitions is a criminal offense. Existing law requires a person who wishes to acquire an assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle to obtain a permit from the Department of Justice. Existing law defines "person" as an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or any other group or entity, regardless of how it was created, for these permit purposes and other purposes related to the regulation of assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles. Existing law requires a permit to possess a machinegun. Violation of these provisions is a criminal offense.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 170	California AB 170 (20132014)	bill	Assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles.	enacted	Bradford	6	23	6	2013-01-24	2013-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/7b655cd5-7419-4403-83fd-951f4613cc9b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB170	caba5f324e3aa62f9334ffdb0e355771a77952afcd40f2f841dbc8650e582ff5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 170 (20132014) — Assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles.

Existing law, subject to exceptions, generally prohibits the possession of an assault weapon or a .50 BMG rifle, as defined. Violation of these prohibitions is a criminal offense. Existing law requires a person who wishes to acquire an assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle to obtain a permit from the Department of Justice. Existing law defines "person" as an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or any other group or entity, regardless of how it was created, for these permit purposes and other purposes related to the regulation of assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles. Existing law requires a permit to possess a machinegun. Violation of these provisions is a criminal offense.

Version chain

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

1. 01/24/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/29/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB170 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/18/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB170 Bradford By Yee — 21–14 (pass) · upper
• AB 170 BRADFORD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 48–28 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 170 BRADFORD Assembly Third Reading — 49–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bradford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-01-25 From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
• 2013-01-31 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-03-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-03-20 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 24. Page 918.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-04-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-04-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-05-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-05-29 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
• 2013-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-06-24 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 2326.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3227.)
• 2013-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 3231.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 729, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b655cd5-7419-4403-83fd-951f4613cc9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).