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Bill	Firearms: Prohibited Armed Persons File.	Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain an online database, the Prohibited Armed Persons File, to cross-reference persons who have ownership or possession of a firearm on or after January 1, 1991, and who, subsequent to the date of that ownership or possession, fall within a class of persons who are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2300	California AB 2300 (20132014)	bill	Firearms: Prohibited Armed Persons File.	enacted	Ridley-Thomas	5	21	5	2014-02-21	2014-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/46fb19b9-1c80-4a20-a49c-8efcfae63738	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2300	267133035db39759ececf465fc7b04c2e4b12a86409992397c5b4b1381ffcc89	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2300 (20132014) — Firearms: Prohibited Armed Persons File.

Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain an online database, the Prohibited Armed Persons File, to cross-reference persons who have ownership or possession of a firearm on or after January 1, 1991, and who, subsequent to the date of that ownership or possession, fall within a class of persons who are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/23/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2300 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/10/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #18 AB2300 Ridley-Thomas — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2300 RIDLEY-THOMAS Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-06 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4762.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-05-15 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (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
• 2014-06-25 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2014-07-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4256.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2014-07-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2014-07-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-07-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 182, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46fb19b9-1c80-4a20-a49c-8efcfae63738. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).