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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: Prohibited Armed Persons File."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2300"
citation: "California AB 2300 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: Prohibited Armed Persons File."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46fb19b9-1c80-4a20-a49c-8efcfae63738"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2300"
source_hash: "267133035db39759ececf465fc7b04c2e4b12a86409992397c5b4b1381ffcc89"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2300&version=20130AB230099INT)
2. **04/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2300&version=20130AB230098AMD)
3. **07/23/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2300&version=20130AB230096CHP)
4. **AB2300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2300)
5. **07/10/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2300&version=20130AB230097ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #18 AB2300 Ridley-Thomas — **350** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- AB 2300 RIDLEY-THOMAS Assembly Third Reading — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46fb19b9-1c80-4a20-a49c-8efcfae63738`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).