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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms: crimes: enhancements."
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description: "Existing law requires that a person who personally uses a firearm in the commission of a felony be punished by an additional and consecutive term of imprisonment in the state prison for 3, 4, or 10 years. Existing law requires that a person who personally uses an assault weapon or a machinegun in the commission of a felony be punished by an additional and consecutive term of imprisonment in the state prison for 5, 6, or 10 years. Existing law requires a person who personally uses a firearm to commit certain specified felonies to be punished by an additional and consecutive term of imprisonment in the state prison for 10 years, or for 20 years if he or she discharged the firearm, or for 25 years to life if he or she discharges the firearm and proximately causes great bodily harm. Existing law prohibits the court from striking an allegation or finding that would make a crime punishable pursuant to these provisions."
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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: "SB 620"
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citation: "California SB 620 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms: crimes: enhancements."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-02-17"
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last_action: "2017-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff4d5dd-a2da-4547-b9b6-3e45a5a5f1ba"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB620"
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source_hash: "fa25228c7cddaf8333fdbaa2560a458b603c0a3969c8136203eb8d15b782bd5d"
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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 SB 620 (20172018) — Firearms: crimes: enhancements.
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Existing law requires that a person who personally uses a firearm in the commission of a felony be punished by an additional and consecutive term of imprisonment in the state prison for 3, 4, or 10 years. Existing law requires that a person who personally uses an assault weapon or a machinegun in the commission of a felony be punished by an additional and consecutive term of imprisonment in the state prison for 5, 6, or 10 years. Existing law requires a person who personally uses a firearm to commit certain specified felonies to be punished by an additional and consecutive term of imprisonment in the state prison for 10 years, or for 20 years if he or she discharged the firearm, or for 25 years to life if he or she discharges the firearm and proximately causes great bodily harm. Existing law prohibits the court from striking an allegation or finding that would make a crime punishable pursuant to these provisions.
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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. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB620&version=20170SB62099INT)
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2. **03/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB620&version=20170SB62098AMD)
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3. **06/15/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB620&version=20170SB62097AMD)
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4. **10/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB620&version=20170SB62095CHP)
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5. **SB620** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB620)
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6. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB620&version=20170SB62096ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **22–14** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB620 Bradford Concurrence — **22–13** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **9–5** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · upper
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- SB 620 Bradford Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **31–34** (fail) · lower
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- SB 620 Bradford Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **42–33** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bradford — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
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- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-28** 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`
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- **2017-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-13** Set for hearing April 25.
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- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 855.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
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- **2017-05-03** May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15.
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- **2017-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 1105.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-10** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 31. Noes 34. Page 2499.) `failure, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-10** Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Weber.
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- **2017-09-12** Reconsideration granted.
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- **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 42. Noes 33. Page 3206.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2017-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2816.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2017-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 682, 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/8ff4d5dd-a2da-4547-b9b6-3e45a5a5f1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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