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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms: assault weapons."
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description: "(1) Existing law generally prohibits the possession or transfer of assault weapons, except for the sale, purchase, importation, or possession of assault weapons by specified individuals, including law enforcement officers. Under existing law, \"assault weapon\" means, among other things, a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or a semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has any one of specified attributes, including, for rifles, a thumbhole stock, and for pistols, a second handgrip."
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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: "SB 880"
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citation: "California SB 880 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms: assault weapons."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-01-15"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ba790f0-fbcd-4ec0-8263-38d63df24268"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB880"
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source_hash: "3941bb5f48b94f03e2e9ad34aed37f64c1f6881ae06b7ef7002c784a2128f481"
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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 SB 880 (20152016) — Firearms: assault weapons.
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(1) Existing law generally prohibits the possession or transfer of assault weapons, except for the sale, purchase, importation, or possession of assault weapons by specified individuals, including law enforcement officers. Under existing law, "assault weapon" means, among other things, a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or a semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has any one of specified attributes, including, for rifles, a thumbhole stock, and for pistols, a second handgrip.
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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. **01/15/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB880&version=20150SB88099INT)
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2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB880&version=20150SB88098AMD)
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3. **05/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB880&version=20150SB88097AMD)
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4. **07/01/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB880&version=20150SB88095CHP)
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5. **SB880** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB880)
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6. **06/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB880&version=20150SB88096ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **24–14** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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- SB 880 Hall Senate Third Reading By JONES-SAWYER — **44–30** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **2–4** (fail) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hall — primary (person)
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- Block — coauthor (person)
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- Gipson — coauthor (person)
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- Glazer — author (person)
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- Hancock — coauthor (person)
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- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
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- Hill — coauthor (person)
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- Leno — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2016-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
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- **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** Set for hearing April 5.
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- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-03-30** April 5 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 19.
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- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3612.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
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- **2016-04-28** May 2 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2016-05-11** Set for hearing May 16.
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- **2016-05-16** Motion to place on APPR. suspense file failed.
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- **2016-05-16** (Ayes 2. Noes 4. Page 3887.) (May 16)
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- **2016-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3888.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 3900.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2016-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-23** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 5473.)
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- **2016-06-23** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2016-06-23** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 44. Noes 30. Page 5573.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-30** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2016-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2016-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 48, 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/8ba790f0-fbcd-4ec0-8263-38d63df24268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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