Existing law authorizes the licensing authority of a city, county, or city and county to issue licenses to sell firearms at retail if certain criteria are met, and generally regulates the sale, lease, or transfer of firearms by persons so licensed. Existing law generally prohibits a person purchasing a firearm from recieving the firearm within 10 days of the application to purchase the firearm. Existing law provides for the forfeiture of a license if certain prohibitions or requirements are violated and allows the department to assess a civil fine for a breach of any prohibition or requirement applicable to firearm licenses, as provided.
California AB 1842 (20212022) — Firearms: restocking fee.
Existing law authorizes the licensing authority of a city, county, or city and county to issue licenses to sell firearms at retail if certain criteria are met, and generally regulates the sale, lease, or transfer of firearms by persons so licensed. Existing law generally prohibits a person purchasing a firearm from recieving the firearm within 10 days of the application to purchase the firearm. Existing law provides for the forfeiture of a license if certain prohibitions or requirements are violated and allows the department to assess a civil fine for a breach of any prohibition or requirement applicable to firearm licenses, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1842 Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Rodriguez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
2022-02-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-03-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-03-30 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4214.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-04-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4432.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-06-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2022-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 141, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b22b33b8-57eb-4599-965a-d05fb76056bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).