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Bill	Gun violence: firearm safety education.	Existing law states that the state has a compelling interest in protecting its citizens from gun violence and from intimidation by persons brandishing weapons. Existing law generally regulates the manufacture, distribution, transportation, and importation of specified firearms.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1598	California AB 1598 (20232024)	bill	Gun violence firearm safety education	enacted	Berman	9	29	6	2023-02-17	2023-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c5a120b1-4084-485c-8c40-802a25e563c9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598	20bb49d83ef5cbc73244130c59a24dce337943835319aa0e2c69e89d48831a41	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1598 (20232024) — Gun violence: firearm safety education.

Existing law states that the state has a compelling interest in protecting its citizens from gun violence and from intimidation by persons brandishing weapons. Existing law generally regulates the manufacture, distribution, transportation, and importation of specified firearms.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/31/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/28/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/26/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1598 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1598 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 63–13 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1598 Berman et al. By Rubio — 30–5 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1598 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 65–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Rubio — 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.
• 2023-03-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 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
• 2023-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 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
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 1701.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-05-31 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
• 2023-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 2563.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 12. Page 3272.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 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 248, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5a120b1-4084-485c-8c40-802a25e563c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).