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Bill	Firearms.	Existing law prohibits the carrying of a concealed firearm, as specified and except as exempted. Under existing law, a handgun carried in violation of this provision is a nuisance and is subject to forfeiture and destruction, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2739	California AB 2739 (20232024)	bill	Firearms	enacted	Maienschein	7	24	8	2024-02-15	2024-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/a142114a-0b23-40e2-8405-11feddb93a84	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2739	cc54f271728abd5e9bab13b77d5baf1e3d85e1bcfebab7e38f3fd7c824f88c14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2739 (20232024) — Firearms.

Existing law prohibits the carrying of a concealed firearm, as specified and except as exempted. Under existing law, a handgun carried in violation of this provision is a nuisance and is subject to forfeiture and destruction, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/15/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/19/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/24/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2739 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2739 Maienschein By Becker — 31–5 (pass) · upper
• AB 2739 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2739 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — 63–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2024-03-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 5183.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-22 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-24 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 3.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 534, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a142114a-0b23-40e2-8405-11feddb93a84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).