republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1292.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "Existing law regulates the transfer of firearms, and allows some transfers to occur by operation of law, and specifies that a person taking title or possession of a firearm by operation of law includes, among others, the executor or administrator of an estate if the estate includes a firearm. Existing law generally requires the transfer of a firearm to be conducted by a firearms dealer if neither party to the transfer is a dealer. Existing law excepts executors and administrators of estates from that requirement if certain criteria are met. Existing law prohibits a resident of this state from importing, bringing, or transporting into this state, a firearm purchased or otherwise obtained from outside of this state unless the firearm is first delivered to a dealer in this state for delivery to the resident. Existing law excepts executors and administrators of estates from that prohibition if certain criteria are met. Existing law generally requires a person to possess a firearm safety certificate in order to possess a firearm. Existing law excepts executors and administrators of estates from that requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1292"
citation: "California AB 1292 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f56fad-b853-440b-b80a-994b2cd362de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1292"
source_hash: "cf8a8e2d522f1ae94fc55d2e2234102ebc6e786b692dc4c5c2fcafe86d8a8b1c"
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 AB 1292 (20192020) — Firearms.

Existing law regulates the transfer of firearms, and allows some transfers to occur by operation of law, and specifies that a person taking title or possession of a firearm by operation of law includes, among others, the executor or administrator of an estate if the estate includes a firearm. Existing law generally requires the transfer of a firearm to be conducted by a firearms dealer if neither party to the transfer is a dealer. Existing law excepts executors and administrators of estates from that requirement if certain criteria are met. Existing law prohibits a resident of this state from importing, bringing, or transporting into this state, a firearm purchased or otherwise obtained from outside of this state unless the firearm is first delivered to a dealer in this state for delivery to the resident. Existing law excepts executors and administrators of estates from that prohibition if certain criteria are met. Existing law generally requires a person to possess a firearm safety certificate in order to possess a firearm. Existing law excepts executors and administrators of estates from that requirement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1292&version=20190AB129299INT)
2. **05/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1292&version=20190AB129298AMD)
3. **06/19/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1292&version=20190AB129297AMD)
4. **07/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1292&version=20190AB129295CHP)
5. **AB1292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1292)
6. **07/02/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1292&version=20190AB129296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1292 Bauer-Kahan Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1292 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1292 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Portantino — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- Ting — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1080.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-19** From Consent Calendar.
- **2019-06-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-06-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1820.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2483.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 110, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36f56fad-b853-440b-b80a-994b2cd362de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).