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Bill	Deadly weapons.	Existing law requires the Attorney General to keep records of copies of fingerprints and licenses to carry concealed firearms and other documents relating to the transfer of firearms, and authorizes the dissemination of specified information relating to firearms transactions and possession by law enforcement agencies, the courts, and other specified officers if certain conditions are met. Existing law requires local law enforcement agencies to develop a plan for reduction in the number of recovered firearms that cannot be traced due to obliterated serial numbers. Existing law defines the terms "application to purchase," "firearm safety device," "locked container," "short-barreled rifle," "short-barreled shotgun," and "shotgun" for purposes of firearms regulation. Existing law requires the producer and facility's manager of a gun show or event to prepare an annual event and security plan regarding the show or event. Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to conduct onsite inspections at the business premises of federal firearms licensees, and authorizes the department to adopt regulations necessary to maintain a centralized list of federal firearms licensees and regulate those licensees.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1798	California AB 1798 (20132014)	bill	Deadly weapons.	enacted	Committee on Public Safety	4	16	4	2014-02-18	2014-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/5213e309-5ec2-4cca-abb4-3edd3927c4c4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1798	a9624f22e61f31ba0f169d7692a541a9173987fdd9e13fce08ec6b5eb62e86f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1798 (20132014) — Deadly weapons.

Existing law requires the Attorney General to keep records of copies of fingerprints and licenses to carry concealed firearms and other documents relating to the transfer of firearms, and authorizes the dissemination of specified information relating to firearms transactions and possession by law enforcement agencies, the courts, and other specified officers if certain conditions are met. Existing law requires local law enforcement agencies to develop a plan for reduction in the number of recovered firearms that cannot be traced due to obliterated serial numbers. Existing law defines the terms "application to purchase," "firearm safety device," "locked container," "short-barreled rifle," "short-barreled shotgun," and "shotgun" for purposes of firearms regulation. Existing law requires the producer and facility's manager of a gun show or event to prepare an annual event and security plan regarding the show or event. Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to conduct onsite inspections at the business premises of federal firearms licensees, and authorizes the department to adopt regulations necessary to maintain a centralized list of federal firearms licensees and regulate those licensees.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/09/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1798 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/26/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1798 PUB. S. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #17 AB1798 Committee on PUB. S. — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Public Safety — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2014-03-20 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-04-22 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4641.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-04-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-05-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-06-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-06-18 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2014-06-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4146.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-06-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2014-06-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
• 2014-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 103, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5213e309-5ec2-4cca-abb4-3edd3927c4c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).