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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and ammunition: excise tax."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Grant Program, administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections, to award competitive grants for the purpose of violence intervention and prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 28"
citation: "California AB 28 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Firearms and ammunition", "excise tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2023-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3cfe932-3f5d-49ef-8f7c-e9d27fc61e6c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB28"
source_hash: "b35279ac1639b10f50d7f4e5668da613086eacfc5fc0f9806b8495cf3cf85ea7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 28 (20232024) — Firearms and ammunition: excise tax.
Existing law establishes the California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Grant Program, administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections, to award competitive grants for the purpose of violence intervention and prevention.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB28&version=20230AB2899INT)
2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB28&version=20230AB2898AMD)
3. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB28&version=20230AB2897AMD)
4. **06/26/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB28&version=20230AB2896AMD)
5. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB28&version=20230AB2895AMD)
6. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB28&version=20230AB2894AMD)
7. **09/26/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB28&version=20230AB2892CHP)
8. **AB28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB28)
9. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB28&version=20230AB2893ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **73** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **114** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **31** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB28 Gabriel et al. By Portantino — **279** (pass) · upper
- AB 28 GABRIEL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5717** (pass) · lower
- AB 28 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — **5617** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **62** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **62** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gabriel — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Alvarez — coauthor (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Ashby — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — author (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Menjivar — coauthor (person)
- Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — principal coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and REV. & TAX. `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** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 24). 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: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 1758.) `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 GOV. & F. and PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (July 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (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`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2455.). `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.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 17. Page 3054.)
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 17. Page 3054.)
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 3055.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 231, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3cfe932-3f5d-49ef-8f7c-e9d27fc61e6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).