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Bill	Firearms: safety certificate instructional materials.	Existing law requires a person who purchases or receives a firearm to possess a valid and unexpired firearm safety certificate or handgun safety certificate, as applicable. Existing law prohibits the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to a person who does not possess a valid and unexpired firearm safety certificate or handgun safety certificate, as applicable.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 724	California AB 724 (20232024)	bill	Firearms safety certificate instructional materials	enacted	Vince Fong	6	28	7	2023-02-13	2023-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c453803b-1803-44b7-a4de-f644b837773f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB724	f40d7b3bc139ccd23225ea232131a21f61a50a4f3ebd4266fef8d95e5591419d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 724 (20232024) — Firearms: safety certificate instructional materials.

Existing law requires a person who purchases or receives a firearm to possess a valid and unexpired firearm safety certificate or handgun safety certificate, as applicable. Existing law prohibits the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to a person who does not possess a valid and unexpired firearm safety certificate or handgun safety certificate, as applicable.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/07/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/30/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/26/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB724 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 724 Vince Fong Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB724 Vince Fong By Ochoa Bogh — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 724 Vince Fong Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB724 Vince Fong By Ochoa Bogh — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vince Fong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1364.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-06-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1828.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-08-24 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2023-08-24 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2023-08-30 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2023-08-30 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-08-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2399.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3051.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 238, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c453803b-1803-44b7-a4de-f644b837773f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).