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Bill	Firearms.	(1) Existing law requires the Department of Justice, upon submission of firearm purchaser information, to examine its records to determine if the purchaser is prohibited from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm. Existing law prohibits the delivery of a firearm within 10 days of the application to purchase, or, after notice by the department, within 10 days of the submission to the department of any corrections to the application to purchase, or within 10 days of the submission to the department of a specified fee. Existing law generally requires firearms transactions to be completed through a licensed firearms dealer. If a dealer cannot legally deliver a firearm, existing law requires the dealer to return the firearm to the transferor, seller, or person loaning the firearm.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 500	California AB 500 (20132014)	bill	Firearms.	enacted	Ammiano	6	24	9	2013-02-20	2013-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/20e03933-a555-4448-a342-2bd3f9b905c0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB500	9f542687ac3665875a4567c65bc12f8826b7520646be34a24a7e570a0ba40b77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 500 (20132014) — Firearms.

(1) Existing law requires the Department of Justice, upon submission of firearm purchaser information, to examine its records to determine if the purchaser is prohibited from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm. Existing law prohibits the delivery of a firearm within 10 days of the application to purchase, or, after notice by the department, within 10 days of the submission to the department of any corrections to the application to purchase, or within 10 days of the submission to the department of a specified fee. Existing law generally requires firearms transactions to be completed through a licensed firearms dealer. If a dealer cannot legally deliver a firearm, existing law requires the dealer to return the firearm to the transferor, seller, or person loaning the firearm.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB500 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB500 Ammiano By Hancock — 24–14 (pass) · upper
• AB 500 AMMIANO Assembly Third Reading Amend By MORRELL Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By ATKINS — 50–24 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 500 AMMIANO Assembly Third Reading Amend By HAGMAN Set #2 Motion to Lay on the Table By ATKINS — 50–25 (pass) · lower
• AB 500 AMMIANO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 47–29 (pass) · lower
• AB 500 AMMIANO Assembly Third Reading — 47–28 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ammiano — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (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 47. Noes 28. Page 1725.) 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
• 2013-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2255.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 3099.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 737, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20e03933-a555-4448-a342-2bd3f9b905c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).