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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms: imitation firearms: gun-shaped phone cases."
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description: "Existing federal law prohibits a person from manufacturing, entering into commerce, shipping, transporting, or receiving any toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm unless the firearm contains, or has affixed to it, a marking approved by the federal Secretary of Commerce."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 1798"
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citation: "California AB 1798 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms: imitation firearms: gun-shaped phone cases."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2016-02-08"
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last_action: "2016-08-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e330af22-5858-4f01-aa16-c71d4736a50e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1798"
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source_hash: "55c6583c2b8ace754a4485ef6082665884aa600946df0f937f6bcf59fbd210f1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1798 (20152016) — Firearms: imitation firearms: gun-shaped phone cases.
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Existing federal law prohibits a person from manufacturing, entering into commerce, shipping, transporting, or receiving any toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm unless the firearm contains, or has affixed to it, a marking approved by the federal Secretary of Commerce.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/08/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1798&version=20150AB179899INT)
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2. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1798&version=20150AB179897CHP)
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3. **AB1798** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1798)
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4. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1798&version=20150AB179898ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1798 COOPER Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
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- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-03-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-03-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4040.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-03-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-04-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2016-05-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4879.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 198, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e330af22-5858-4f01-aa16-c71d4736a50e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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