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Bill	Firearms: manufacturers.	Existing federal law requires a manufacturer of firearms to be licensed by the federal government. Existing state law requires any federally licensed firearms manufacturer that produces 50 or more firearms in the state in a calendar year to also be licensed as a manufacturer by the state. A violation of this requirement is punishable as a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2156	California AB 2156 (20212022)	bill	Firearms: manufacturers.	enacted	Wicks	5	20	6	2022-02-15	2022-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/7fb89363-6f26-4ea8-af55-3dbab22c6d31	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2156	22f208d8b1e27325caad366936439a5c75399cf09c184e45cc43bb3052de6a0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2156 (20212022) — Firearms: manufacturers.

Existing federal law requires a manufacturer of firearms to be licensed by the federal government. Existing state law requires any federally licensed firearms manufacturer that produces 50 or more firearms in the state in a calendar year to also be licensed as a manufacturer by the state. A violation of this requirement is punishable as a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/21/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2156 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2156 Wicks By Kamlager — 27–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 2156 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — 54–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wicks — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-15 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2022-02-24 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-03-23 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
• 2022-03-24 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 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 54. Noes 16. Page 4982.) 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 1.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-06-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 4531.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-06-29 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 142, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fb89363-6f26-4ea8-af55-3dbab22c6d31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).