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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: prohibited persons."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony from possessing a firearm. A violation of that prohibition is a felony. Existing law also prohibits a person who has been convicted of a specified misdemeanor from possessing a firearm for a period of 10 years. A violation of that prohibition may be punished as either a misdemeanor or a felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3129"
citation: "California AB 3129 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: prohibited persons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57bfe849-955b-4e80-98f8-124c9c4180a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129"
source_hash: "d429bfa2a5d943c43bc1058267c557d2af32ad43a21fdc7c51e4c4087eb10cff"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 3129 (20172018) — Firearms: prohibited persons.
Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony from possessing a firearm. A violation of that prohibition is a felony. Existing law also prohibits a person who has been convicted of a specified misdemeanor from possessing a firearm for a period of 10 years. A violation of that prohibition may be punished as either a misdemeanor or a felony.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129&version=20170AB312999INT)
2. **03/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129&version=20170AB312998AMD)
3. **07/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129&version=20170AB312997AMD)
4. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129&version=20170AB312995CHP)
5. **AB3129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129)
6. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129&version=20170AB312996ENR)
## Votes
- AB 3129 RUBIO Assembly Third Reading — **4516** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3129 Rubio By Skinner — **267** (pass) · upper
- AB 3129 RUBIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5319** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **42** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **40** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **111** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rubio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** 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`
- **2018-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 16. Page 5563.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 5653.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 6663.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 883, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57bfe849-955b-4e80-98f8-124c9c4180a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).