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Bill	Possession of a firearm in a school zone.	Existing law makes it a crime to possess a firearm in a place that the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a school zone, unless it is with the written permission of the school district superintendent, his or her designee, or equivalent school authority.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 424	California AB 424 (20172018)	bill	Possession of a firearm in a school zone.	enacted	McCarty	7	22	4	2017-02-09	2017-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/2904941a-7dc4-4c88-9466-8b399e10f32c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB424	8ddf1ba5f8d4837f67ba0c53c947499b3669e73a9a555177dd08727e6156b47d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 424 (20172018) — Possession of a firearm in a school zone.

Existing law makes it a crime to possess a firearm in a place that the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a school zone, unless it is with the written permission of the school district superintendent, his or her designee, or equivalent school authority.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/11/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/19/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/30/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/14/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB424 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB424 McCarty et al. By Skinner — 25–13 (pass) · upper
• AB 424 MCCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 44–27 (pass) · lower
• AB 424 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — 48–28 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Gloria — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
• 2017-02-21 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1471.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 1638.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2497.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 44. Noes 27. Page 3135.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2904941a-7dc4-4c88-9466-8b399e10f32c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).