republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1100.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: transfers."
description: "Existing law prohibits the sale or transfer of a handgun, except as specifically exempted, to any person under 21 years of age. Existing law also prohibits the sale or transfer of a firearm, other than a handgun, except as specifically exempted, to any person under 18 years of age. A violation of this prohibition by the dealer is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1100"
citation: "California SB 1100 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: transfers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92154a0b-db70-4362-ace5-dae4fd7fbdab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1100"
source_hash: "9152e29e1a3d02f83e88d8cb339fe3c591bd1d09943c7407b0737f7335bbdcc5"
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 SB 1100 (20172018) — Firearms: transfers.

Existing law prohibits the sale or transfer of a handgun, except as specifically exempted, to any person under 21 years of age. Existing law also prohibits the sale or transfer of a firearm, other than a handgun, except as specifically exempted, to any person under 18 years of age. A violation of this prohibition by the dealer is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1100&version=20170SB110099INT)
2. **03/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1100&version=20170SB110098AMD)
3. **06/11/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1100&version=20170SB110097AMD)
4. **06/28/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1100&version=20170SB110096AMD)
5. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1100&version=20170SB110095AMD)
6. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1100&version=20170SB110093CHP)
7. **SB1100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1100)
8. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1100&version=20170SB110094ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB1100 Portantino et al. — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 1100 Portantino Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **47–30** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1100 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1100 Portantino et al. Reconsider — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1100 Portantino et al. — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — principal coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3799.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2018-04-30** April 30 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-05-18** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4303.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 4350.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Portantino.
- **2018-05-29** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4352.)
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 4352.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 6721.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 5958.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 894, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92154a0b-db70-4362-ace5-dae4fd7fbdab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).