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Bill Firearms and ammunition: prohibited possession: transfer to licensed dealer. (1) Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of, or has an outstanding warrant for, a felony, or who is addicted to the use of any narcotic drug, from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of, or has an outstanding warrant for, certain misdemeanors, from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm, as specified. Existing law requires a person who is convicted of any of the above-described offenses to relinquish his or her firearms through the use of a designee, as specified. Existing law requires the designee to surrender the firearms to the control of a local law enforcement agency, sell the firearms to a licensed firearms dealer, or transfer the firearms for storage to a firearms dealer, as specified. Existing law generally allows any person who is prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm or ammunition to transfer his or her firearms or ammunition to a licensed firearms dealer for storage during the duration of the prohibition, as specified by court order. Existing law prescribes the procedure for a court or law enforcement agency in possession of a seized firearm to return the firearm to its lawful owner, as specified. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 SB 746 California SB 746 (20172018)
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California SB 746 (20172018) — Firearms and ammunition: prohibited possession: transfer to licensed dealer.

(1) Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of, or has an outstanding warrant for, a felony, or who is addicted to the use of any narcotic drug, from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of, or has an outstanding warrant for, certain misdemeanors, from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm, as specified. Existing law requires a person who is convicted of any of the above-described offenses to relinquish his or her firearms through the use of a designee, as specified. Existing law requires the designee to surrender the firearms to the control of a local law enforcement agency, sell the firearms to a licensed firearms dealer, or transfer the firearms for storage to a firearms dealer, as specified. Existing law generally allows any person who is prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm or ammunition to transfer his or her firearms or ammunition to a licensed firearms dealer for storage during the duration of the prohibition, as specified by court order. Existing law prescribes the procedure for a court or law enforcement agency in possession of a seized firearm to return the firearm to its lawful owner, as specified.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 01/03/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/30/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/22/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/14/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 08/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 08/24/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/26/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  9. SB746 (committee substitute) — source
  10. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • SB 746 Portantino Senate Third Reading By QUIRK — 5910 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended. — 121 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB746 Portantino Concurrence — 332 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Portantino — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
  • 2017-03-09 Referred to Coms. on ED. and B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
  • 2017-03-14 Set for hearing March 29.
  • 2017-03-29 March 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2018-01-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
  • 2018-01-03 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2018-01-03 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2018-01-03 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2018-01-04 Set for hearing January 9.
  • 2018-01-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4006.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-01-10 Set for hearing January 16.
  • 2018-01-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-01-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-01-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4116.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-01-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2018-04-19 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2018-04-30 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
  • 2018-05-22 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
  • 2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2018-06-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
  • 2018-06-27 June 27 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 10. Page 6766.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 6024.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2018-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 780, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bcdd8530-c446-492b-a2b8-3e878a97be17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).