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| Bill | Firearms: possession of firearms by convicted persons. | Existing law generally prohibits a person who has been convicted of certain misdemeanors from possessing a firearm within 10 years of the conviction. Under existing law, a violation of this prohibition is a crime, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison, by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law, as a result of Proposition 63, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, codifies these provisions in separate, nonconflicting, identically numbered sections. | us/states/ca | California Legislature | 20172018 | AB 785 | California AB 785 (20172018) |
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California AB 785 (20172018) — Firearms: possession of firearms by convicted persons.
Existing law generally prohibits a person who has been convicted of certain misdemeanors from possessing a firearm within 10 years of the conviction. Under existing law, a violation of this prohibition is a crime, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison, by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law, as a result of Proposition 63, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, codifies these provisions in separate, nonconflicting, identically numbered sections.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 06/12/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 06/15/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 10/14/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- AB785 (committee substitute) — source
- 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print.
reading-1 - 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee - 2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee - 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 26).
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1376.)
reading-3, passage, reading-1 - 2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1 - 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee - 2017-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee - 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 APPR.
amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction - 2017-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction - 2017-06-26 In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee - 2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1).
amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction - 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2 - 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2017-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2505.).
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 76. Noes 0. Page 3109.).
committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage - 2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- 2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature - 2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e4f35b3-797b-45f3-b8c0-3ea35155a499. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).