Existing law provides for the testing of handguns and requires the Department of Justice to maintain a roster listing all handguns that are determined not to be unsafe handguns. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, to manufacture, import into the state for sale, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, give, or lend an unsafe handgun. Existing law makes the provisions defining and governing unsafe handguns inapplicable to a single-shot pistol, as specified.
California AB 1964 (20132014) — Unsafe handguns: single-shot pistols.
Existing law provides for the testing of handguns and requires the Department of Justice to maintain a roster listing all handguns that are determined not to be unsafe handguns. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, to manufacture, import into the state for sale, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, give, or lend an unsafe handgun. Existing law makes the provisions defining and governing unsafe handguns inapplicable to a single-shot pistol, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
AB 1964 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — 48–25 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Dickinson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2014-03-03 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
2014-04-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 4587.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-04-24 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2014-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 4193.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-07-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2014-07-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-07-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 147, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cc6a004-05b1-4326-9472-28ee2688c1ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).