republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1621.md

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Bill	Firearms: unserialized firearms.	(1) Existing law defines a firearm precursor part as a component of a firearm that is necessary to build or assemble a firearm and is either an unfinished handgun frame or a specified unfinished receiver, receiver tube, or receiver flat. Under existing law, commencing July 1, 2022, a firearm precursor part is required to be sold through a licensed firearm precursor part vendor, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1621	California AB 1621 (20212022)	bill	Firearms: unserialized firearms.	enacted	Gipson	7	26	7	2022-01-10	2022-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/2d2f6595-7eca-4775-9db2-2e56a75b4016	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1621	54a33610dad8e30c0fe3616010d1d52c6e9e7b752d4ee646a0c25bb1aafd24b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1621 (20212022) — Firearms: unserialized firearms.

(1) Existing law defines a firearm precursor part as a component of a firearm that is necessary to build or assemble a firearm and is either an unfinished handgun frame or a specified unfinished receiver, receiver tube, or receiver flat. Under existing law, commencing July 1, 2022, a firearm precursor part is required to be sold through a licensed firearm precursor part vendor, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/10/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/15/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1621 (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/30/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1621 Gipson et al. By Portantino Urgency Clause — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1621 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — 63–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1621 Gipson Concurrence - Urgency Added — 62–14 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gipson — primary (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — author (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — coauthor (person)
• Ting — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-01-11 From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
• 2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 Coauthors revised.
• 2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 4981.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-06-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-06-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4433.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-06-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-06-29 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 14.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2022-06-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-06-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 76, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d2f6595-7eca-4775-9db2-2e56a75b4016. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).