Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony offense or a specified misdemeanor domestic violence offense from possessing or receiving a firearm. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of specified misdemeanor offenses within the previous 10 years from possessing or receiving a firearm. Existing law prohibits a person who has been taken into custody because that person is a danger to themselves or others, or has been certified for intensive treatment due to a mental disorder or mental illness, from possessing or receiving a firearm, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person who has been placed under conservatorship by a court, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, has been found not guilty of specified crimes due to reason of insanity, has been adjudicated by a court to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, or who has been adjudicated to be a mentally disordered sex offender from possessing or receiving a firearm, as specified. A violation of any of the prohibitions is punishable as a crime.
California AB 455 (20232024) — Firearms: prohibited persons.
Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony offense or a specified misdemeanor domestic violence offense from possessing or receiving a firearm. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of specified misdemeanor offenses within the previous 10 years from possessing or receiving a firearm. Existing law prohibits a person who has been taken into custody because that person is a danger to themselves or others, or has been certified for intensive treatment due to a mental disorder or mental illness, from possessing or receiving a firearm, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person who has been placed under conservatorship by a court, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, has been found not guilty of specified crimes due to reason of insanity, has been adjudicated by a court to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, or who has been adjudicated to be a mentally disordered sex offender from possessing or receiving a firearm, as specified. A violation of any of the prohibitions is punishable as a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 455 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 455 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB455 Quirk-Silva et al. By Archuleta — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
Papan — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2023-03-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-03-21 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-03-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-03-29 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-04-26 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 79. Noes 0. Page 1981.) 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
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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 7. Noes 0.) (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
2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2642.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3383.). 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 236, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/895a67ef-e3c7-4c7e-8857-60997ec7104a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).