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Bill	Firearms: reporting of lost and stolen firearms.	Existing law requires a person to report any lost or stolen firearm to a law enforcement agency, as specified. A violation of this provision is punishable as an infraction or misdemeanor. Existing law also requires the sheriff or chief of the law enforcement agency receiving such a report to enter a description of the lost or stolen firearm into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System. Existing law defines a firearm for purposes of these provisions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 725	California AB 725 (20232024)	bill	Firearms reporting of lost and stolen firearms	enacted	Lowenthal	6	24	8	2023-02-13	2023-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/37c2b27c-9010-4ccd-8102-30e0f635c1f2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB725	240f76830b5504a34fa425afe0f1ce263a6f66f25354c2541a60dade05934e98	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 725 (20232024) — Firearms: reporting of lost and stolen firearms.

Existing law requires a person to report any lost or stolen firearm to a law enforcement agency, as specified. A violation of this provision is punishable as an infraction or misdemeanor. Existing law also requires the sheriff or chief of the law enforcement agency receiving such a report to enter a description of the lost or stolen firearm into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System. Existing law defines a firearm for purposes of these provisions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/26/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB725 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 725 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading — 63–11 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB725 Lowenthal By Blakespear — 30–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 725 Lowenthal Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–13 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lowenthal — 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. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (March 21). 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: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 11. Page 1866.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 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
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2666.). 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 62. Noes 13. Page 3419.). 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 239, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37c2b27c-9010-4ccd-8102-30e0f635c1f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).