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Bill	Firearms: advertising to minors.	Existing law generally regulates manufacturers and dealers of firearms. Under existing law, commercial speech or advertising is generally protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Existing laws and regulations, however, restrict the content and placement of advertising and promotional marketing of alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco to protect minors.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2571	California AB 2571 (20212022)	bill	Firearms: advertising to minors.	enacted	Bauer-Kahan	8	29	8	2022-02-18	2022-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/ed0b876b-a956-4ef5-9e9d-a372fbef053d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2571	4562d1e97141b4f928c56afb4b2fa0bad9fb3df200cc01d0a6f7c1087cdbfcbc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2571 (20212022) — Firearms: advertising to minors.

Existing law generally regulates manufacturers and dealers of firearms. Under existing law, commercial speech or advertising is generally protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Existing laws and regulations, however, restrict the content and placement of advertising and promotional marketing of alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco to protect minors.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/07/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/27/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/15/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2571 (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/30/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2571 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Hertzberg Urgency Clause — 27–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2571 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence - Urgency Added — 57–15 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 2571 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 48–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — author (person)
• Santiago — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-24 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2022-04-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 Coauthors revised.
• 2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. 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
• 2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 16. Page 4856.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-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 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-06-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 4531.). 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 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 15.). 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 77, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed0b876b-a956-4ef5-9e9d-a372fbef053d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).