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Bill	Firearms.	Existing law requires a person leaving a handgun in an unattended vehicle to secure the handgun in the trunk, in a locked container that is out of plain sight, or in a locked container, as defined, which is permanently affixed to the interior of the vehicle and not in plain view. Existing law makes the failure to comply with this requirement an infraction punishable by a fine.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 497	California SB 497 (20172018)	bill	Firearms.	enacted	Portantino	8	34	9	2017-02-16	2017-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/20b2f74f-7a38-4c33-865c-05b718498b00	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB497	4594562b6de51f9183561703de5be02b0a5b0c8b052f1df7370ae7e017752992	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 497 (20172018) — Firearms.

Existing law requires a person leaving a handgun in an unattended vehicle to secure the handgun in the trunk, in a locked container that is out of plain sight, or in a locked container, as defined, which is permanently affixed to the interior of the vehicle and not in plain view. Existing law makes the failure to comply with this requirement an infraction punishable by a fine.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/24/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/14/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB497 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/20/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB497 Portantino et al. Concurrence — 33–4 (pass) · upper
• SB 497 Portantino Senate Third Reading By GIPSON — 53–21 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB497 Portantino et al. — 25–13 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Portantino — primary (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2017-03-20 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
• 2017-03-28 March 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-03-29 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 748.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1185.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 1271.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-19 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
• 2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-19 July 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 3271.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-14 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2017-09-14 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2877.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-09-14 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2941.) committee-passage
• 2017-09-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 2992.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-22 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 809, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20b2f74f-7a38-4c33-865c-05b718498b00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).