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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms: prohibitions: exemptions."
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description: "Existing law makes it a crime for any person in this state to manufacture, import into the state for sale, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, give, or lend an unsafe handgun. Under existing law, this prohibition does not apply to the sale or purchase of a handgun if the handgun is sold to, or purchased by, a police department, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or any federal law enforcement agency, among other entities."
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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 2165"
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citation: "California AB 2165 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms: prohibitions: exemptions."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2016-02-17"
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last_action: "2016-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5788c9b-99d5-406a-9652-37cbec763e61"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2165"
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source_hash: "dcb2a6d949e9f63b61d31095de30149f2a6e78e840f134e200224443a9d3bd8b"
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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 2165 (20152016) — Firearms: prohibitions: exemptions.
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Existing law makes it a crime for any person in this state to manufacture, import into the state for sale, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, give, or lend an unsafe handgun. Under existing law, this prohibition does not apply to the sale or purchase of a handgun if the handgun is sold to, or purchased by, a police department, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or any federal law enforcement agency, among other entities.
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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. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2165&version=20150AB216599INT)
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2. **04/07/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2165&version=20150AB216598AMD)
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3. **06/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2165&version=20150AB216597AMD)
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4. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2165&version=20150AB216596AMD)
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5. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2165&version=20150AB216594CHP)
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6. **AB2165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2165)
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7. **08/31/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2165&version=20150AB216595ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2165 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — **73–2** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2165 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB2165 Bonta By Roth — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bonta — primary (person)
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- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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- Lackey — coauthor (person)
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- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
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- Roth — coauthor (person)
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- Wilk — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
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- **2016-02-29** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2016-04-05** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2016-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 4496.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-06-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5419.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2016-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6470.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 640, 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/c5788c9b-99d5-406a-9652-37cbec763e61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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