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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: gun violence restraining orders."
description: "(1) Existing law allows a court to issue a gun violence restraining order prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in his or her custody or control any firearms or ammunition if the person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having a firearm or ammunition in his or her custody or control. Existing law establishes a civil restraining order process to accomplish that purpose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1200"
citation: "California SB 1200 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: gun violence restraining orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac47412a-3723-4f86-9c8d-911273afba3e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200"
source_hash: "544ff3dc57fc346f77ee87a7f18d0a0b91d84630b3fbb08e088c9bf4579819f4"
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 1200 (20172018) — Firearms: gun violence restraining orders.
(1) Existing law allows a court to issue a gun violence restraining order prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in his or her custody or control any firearms or ammunition if the person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having a firearm or ammunition in his or her custody or control. Existing law establishes a civil restraining order process to accomplish that purpose.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120099INT)
2. **03/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120098AMD)
3. **08/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120097AMD)
4. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120096AMD)
5. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120094CHP)
6. **SB1200** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200)
7. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120095ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **51** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **61** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **51** (pass) · upper
- SB 1200 Skinner Senate Third Reading By GIPSON — **641** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **308** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1200 Skinner Concurrence — **225** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Skinner — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** 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`
- **2018-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4700.) (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 4306.) (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 30. Noes 8. Page 4351.) 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`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** 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** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 5. Page 6187.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 898, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac47412a-3723-4f86-9c8d-911273afba3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).