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Bill	Public safety: fireworks: enforcement: funding.	(1) The State Fireworks Law requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations relating to fireworks as may be necessary for the protection of life and property, and requires the State Fire Marshal to appoint deputies and employees as may be required to carry out the provisions of that law. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to classify all fireworks and pyrotechnic devices and prohibits any fireworks or pyrotechnic devices from being imported, sold, or offered for sale before the fireworks or devices have been examined and classified by the State Fire Marshal. Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to issue licenses related to fireworks and pyrotechnic devices, including a wholesaler's license. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to violate the State Fireworks Law or the regulations issued pursuant thereto, and to possess a specified amount of dangerous fireworks without a valid permit, punishable by a fine or by imprisonment, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1403	California AB 1403 (20232024)	bill	Public safety enforcement fireworks funding	enacted	Garcia	6	26	10	2023-02-17	2023-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/1cf8c63b-50dd-4a53-b468-4950cbb3710a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1403	cfb954030025b7c9efdbef3f156290f23ef39c4a5ad5175f72480f035eb037d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1403 (20232024) — Public safety: fireworks: enforcement: funding.

(1) The State Fireworks Law requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations relating to fireworks as may be necessary for the protection of life and property, and requires the State Fire Marshal to appoint deputies and employees as may be required to carry out the provisions of that law. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to classify all fireworks and pyrotechnic devices and prohibits any fireworks or pyrotechnic devices from being imported, sold, or offered for sale before the fireworks or devices have been examined and classified by the State Fire Marshal. Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to issue licenses related to fireworks and pyrotechnic devices, including a wholesaler's license. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to violate the State Fireworks Law or the regulations issued pursuant thereto, and to possess a specified amount of dangerous fireworks without a valid permit, punishable by a fine or by imprisonment, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1403 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1403 Garcia Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1403 Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB1403 Garcia By Archuleta — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2023-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1774.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2767.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3554.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 368, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cf8c63b-50dd-4a53-b468-4950cbb3710a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).