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Bill	Firearms.	(1) Existing law makes it a crime for certain persons to possess a firearm, including, among other persons, persons convicted of a felony, persons who are addicted to the use of a narcotic drug, persons convicted of specified violent offenses, persons who have been adjudicated by a court of any state to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, and persons who have been admitted to a facility, are receiving inpatient treatment, and, in the opinion of the attending health professional who is primarily responsible for the patient's treatment, are a danger to themselves or others.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2551	California AB 2551 (20212022)	bill	Firearms.	enacted	McCarty	6	22	7	2022-02-17	2022-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/da0291db-ea20-4b0c-b35a-3f684880166d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551	7268c80aaf2f2f6a726d5d296d558506df3c4a1e6ff766529a98893ad701b53e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2551 (20212022) — Firearms.

(1) Existing law makes it a crime for certain persons to possess a firearm, including, among other persons, persons convicted of a felony, persons who are addicted to the use of a narcotic drug, persons convicted of specified violent offenses, persons who have been adjudicated by a court of any state to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, and persons who have been admitted to a facility, are receiving inpatient treatment, and, in the opinion of the attending health professional who is primarily responsible for the patient's treatment, are a danger to themselves or others.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/25/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/22/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/12/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2551 (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/30/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2551 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — 63–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2551 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2551 McCarty et al. By Nielsen — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)
• Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
• Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Members Bloom — coauthor (person)
• Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)
• Quirk — coauthor (person)
• Stone — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 4613.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-05-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-14 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
• 2022-06-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4532.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-06-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-06-30 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 19.)
• 2022-06-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-07-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-07-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-07-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 100, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da0291db-ea20-4b0c-b35a-3f684880166d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).