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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms."
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description: "Existing law generally requires that a firearms transaction be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer and prohibits the transfer of a firearm unless the person has been issued a firearms license. Existing law provides various exceptions to this requirement, including for firearms sold or transferred to an authorized law enforcement representative for use by the law enforcement agency."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 693"
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citation: "California AB 693 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-02-15"
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last_action: "2017-10-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c137e6cd-dd5f-454b-a064-98240793f92e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693"
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source_hash: "9ca9edfa4afc56ffde46e88555fd71370b71b4bdd4f385536acfb7e78918476f"
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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 693 (20172018) — Firearms.
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Existing law generally requires that a firearms transaction be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer and prohibits the transfer of a firearm unless the person has been issued a firearms license. Existing law provides various exceptions to this requirement, including for firearms sold or transferred to an authorized law enforcement representative for use by the law enforcement agency.
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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. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69399INT)
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2. **03/15/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69398AMD)
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3. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69397AMD)
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4. **06/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69396AMD)
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5. **06/12/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69395AMD)
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6. **07/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69394AMD)
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7. **10/14/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69392CHP)
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8. **AB693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693)
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9. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69393ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 693 IRWIN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 693 IRWIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB693 Irwin By Stern Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Irwin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
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- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** 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`
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- **2017-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-03-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1391.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-08** 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`
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- **2017-06-12** 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`
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- **2017-06-14** Measure version as amended on June 12 corrected. `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-22** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2017-06-22** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2017-07-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2302.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2017-09-05** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2924.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2017-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 783, Statutes of 2017.
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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/c137e6cd-dd5f-454b-a064-98240793f92e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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