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Bill	Physicians and surgeons: firearms: training.	Existing law establishes and funds various research centers and programs in conjunction with the University of California. Under existing law the University of California has the authority to establish and administer a Firearm Violence Research Center to research firearm violence.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 521	California AB 521 (20192020)	bill	Physicians and surgeons: firearms: training.	enacted	Berman	6	27	10	2019-02-13	2019-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/e3b23b8a-d96c-493b-addc-7a1b78c8cf45	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB521	b1edddd2f698dc626bc1cfa26c58bd246bb4e32999dd915518ff3c4bc047397f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 521 (20192020) — Physicians and surgeons: firearms: training.

Existing law establishes and funds various research centers and programs in conjunction with the University of California. Under existing law the University of California has the authority to establish and administer a Firearm Violence Research Center to research firearm violence.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB521 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 521 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 64–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB521 Berman et al. By Skinner — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 521 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Gloria — coauthor (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2019-03-25 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 3. Page 1808.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-29 Referred to Coms. on ED. and 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 ED. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2695.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
• 2019-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 3297.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 728, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3b23b8a-d96c-493b-addc-7a1b78c8cf45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).