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Bill	Firearms: large-capacity magazines.	(1) Except as specified, existing law makes it a crime to manufacture, import, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, or give or lend any large-capacity magazine, and makes a large-capacity magazine a nuisance. Existing law defines "large-capacity magazine" to mean any ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds but excludes, in pertinent part, a feeding device that has been permanently altered so that the magazine cannot accommodate more than 10 rounds.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 48	California AB 48 (20132014)	bill	Firearms: large-capacity magazines.	enacted	Skinner	12	35	10	2012-12-20	2013-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0700538c-0c81-4e43-bbd2-b6bf10085b71	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48	2c10bc66371156e35b5de321a320dc31997ab525567abbc58722d9e02fbdf8dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 48 (20132014) — Firearms: large-capacity magazines.

(1) Except as specified, existing law makes it a crime to manufacture, import, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, or give or lend any large-capacity magazine, and makes a large-capacity magazine a nuisance. Existing law defines "large-capacity magazine" to mean any ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds but excludes, in pertinent part, a feeding device that has been permanently altered so that the magazine cannot accommodate more than 10 rounds.

Version chain

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

1. 12/20/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/04/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/04/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/07/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/24/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/09/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/12/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/06/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 10/11/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB48 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/18/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 48 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 46–30 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB48 Skinner By Block — 22–14 (pass) · upper
• AB 48 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading Amend By MELENDEZ Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By ATKINS — 50–25 (pass) · lower
• AB 48 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — 46–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 48 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading Amend By JONES Set #2 Motion to Lay on the Table By ATKINS — 49–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)
• Alejo — coauthor (person)
• Ammiano — coauthor (person)
• Bloom — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• De León — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)
• Williams — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-12-20 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-12-21 From printer. May be heard in committee January 20.
• 2013-01-07 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-01-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-02-04 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
• 2013-02-05 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-03-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-04-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-04 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-08 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 26. Page 1730.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-06-24 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
• 2013-07-08 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-12 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 2313.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3195.)
• 2013-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3196.). 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 728, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0700538c-0c81-4e43-bbd2-b6bf10085b71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).