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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gun violence restraining orders: law enforcement procedures."
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description: "Existing law authorizes a law enforcement officer to request, and a judicial officer to issue on an ex parte basis, a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order that prohibits a person from having custody or control of any firearms or ammunition if the person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to themselves or another by having a firearm or ammunition. Existing law establishes a civil restraining order process to accomplish that purpose."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 339"
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citation: "California AB 339 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Gun violence restraining orders: law enforcement procedures."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-31"
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last_action: "2019-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a78a255-4ff2-4d92-942c-9467ea42c727"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB339"
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source_hash: "e24b92ddf0558ff1c1c983e65ee7b4cccb6c8c03ca93ee88cc5bad29ce6a26d2"
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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 AB 339 (20192020) — Gun violence restraining orders: law enforcement procedures.
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Existing law authorizes a law enforcement officer to request, and a judicial officer to issue on an ex parte basis, a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order that prohibits a person from having custody or control of any firearms or ammunition if the person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to themselves or another by having a firearm or ammunition. Existing law establishes a civil restraining order process to accomplish that purpose.
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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. **01/31/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB339&version=20190AB33999INT)
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2. **03/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB339&version=20190AB33998AMD)
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3. **08/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB339&version=20190AB33997AMD)
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4. **10/11/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB339&version=20190AB33995CHP)
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5. **AB339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB339)
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6. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB339&version=20190AB33996ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 339 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB339 Irwin et al. By Stern — **34–4** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **17–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 339 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — **68–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Irwin — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
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- Berman — coauthor (person)
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- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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- Wicks — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
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- **2019-02-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 1.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 1795.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-07-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2697.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2019-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
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- **2019-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3293.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2019-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 727, Statutes of 2019.
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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/0a78a255-4ff2-4d92-942c-9467ea42c727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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