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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and ammunition: prohibited possession: transfer to licensed dealer."
description: "(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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 746"
citation: "California SB 746 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and ammunition: prohibited possession: transfer to licensed dealer."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcdd8530-c446-492b-a2b8-3e878a97be17"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746"
source_hash: "92a802c33f2a68bf4a90f9138bc657bdf5fa722a68ab6e0f7810bd43ffa1255f"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746&version=20170SB74699INT)
2. **01/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746&version=20170SB74698AMD)
3. **04/30/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746&version=20170SB74697AMD)
4. **05/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746&version=20170SB74696AMD)
5. **06/14/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746&version=20170SB74695AMD)
6. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746&version=20170SB74694AMD)
7. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746&version=20170SB74693AMD)
8. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746&version=20170SB74691CHP)
9. **SB746** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746)
10. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB746&version=20170SB74692ENR)
## Votes
- SB 746 Portantino Senate Third Reading By QUIRK — **59–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB746 Portantino Concurrence — **33–2** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcdd8530-c446-492b-a2b8-3e878a97be17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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