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Bill	Firearms: dealer records of sale.	Existing law requires, except as exempted, any sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm to be conducted through a licensed firearm dealer, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 574	California AB 574 (20232024)	bill	Firearms dealer records of sale	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	7	27	8	2023-02-08	2023-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/641405f1-e0f1-46a2-a4b9-cff8df75ecfd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB574	d26d677d12475dd1b440ed607c0c1fa23390e403011fa11d7ad03179400154b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 574 (20232024) — Firearms: dealer records of sale.

Existing law requires, except as exempted, any sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm to be conducted through a licensed firearm dealer, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/09/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/26/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB574 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 11–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB574 Jones-Sawyer By Ashby — 27–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 574 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 574 Jones-Sawyer Assembly Third Reading — 58–13 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 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
• 2023-03-13 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (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 58. Noes 13. Page 2059.) 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
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (July 11). 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 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
• 2023-09-08 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
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2711.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 3484.). 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 237, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/641405f1-e0f1-46a2-a4b9-cff8df75ecfd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).