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Bill	Firearms: waiting periods.	Existing law requires every sale or transfer of a firearm to be processed through a licensed dealer. Existing law requires the dealer to obtain specified information about the purchaser and forward that information to the Department of Justice, as specified. Existing law prohibits a dealer from delivering a firearm within 10 days after the application to purchase, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1406	California AB 1406 (20232024)	bill	Firearms waiting periods	enacted	McCarty	8	27	8	2023-02-17	2023-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/beb6248b-f137-4ec0-aa4b-949b4f8632c5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1406	84903b4a632dc1df49031a6cf492e03e0638b3a68072cfad15592612c9e932e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1406 (20232024) — Firearms: waiting periods.

Existing law requires every sale or transfer of a firearm to be processed through a licensed dealer. Existing law requires the dealer to obtain specified information about the purchaser and forward that information to the Department of Justice, as specified. Existing law prohibits a dealer from delivering a firearm within 10 days after the application to purchase, 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. 03/16/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/26/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1406 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1406 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–9 (pass) · lower
• AB 1406 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — 65–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1406 McCarty et al. By Portantino — 29–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (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.
• 2023-03-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 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
• 2023-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (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 65. Noes 2. Page 1776.) 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 Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-19 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
• 2023-06-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2462.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 9. Page 3194.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 244, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/beb6248b-f137-4ec0-aa4b-949b4f8632c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).