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Bill	Firearms: prohibited persons.	Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain an online database known as the Prohibited Armed Persons File, sometimes referred to as the Armed Prohibited Persons System, to cross-reference persons who have ownership or possession of a firearm, and who, subsequent to the date of ownership or possession of that firearm, fall within a class of persons who are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm. Existing law requires the Attorney General to provide investigative assistance to local law enforcement agencies to better ensure the investigation of individuals who are armed and prohibited from possessing a firearm.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 303	California AB 303 (20232024)	bill	Firearms prohibited persons	enacted	Davies	6	22	6	2023-01-26	2023-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/5baf75c4-162a-46af-a047-906268eab08a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB303	624e00d515f8d710f06f0afb0e7e297d6946ea4587cc26bea8db87d116eae0b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 303 (20232024) — Firearms: prohibited persons.

Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain an online database known as the Prohibited Armed Persons File, sometimes referred to as the Armed Prohibited Persons System, to cross-reference persons who have ownership or possession of a firearm, and who, subsequent to the date of ownership or possession of that firearm, fall within a class of persons who are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm. Existing law requires the Attorney General to provide investigative assistance to local law enforcement agencies to better ensure the investigation of individuals who are armed and prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Version chain

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

1. 01/26/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/19/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB303 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/25/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 303 Davies Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 303 Davies Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Davies — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-27 From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
• 2023-02-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (February 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 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
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1966.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 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
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2139.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2783.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
• 2023-09-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 161, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5baf75c4-162a-46af-a047-906268eab08a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).