republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-732.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: relinquishment of firearms."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony or of specified misdemeanors from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm for specified periods of time. Existing law, as enacted by the Safety for All Act of 2016, an initiative statute approved by voters as Proposition 63 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, requires any defendant subject to this prohibition to relinquish any firearm that they own or possess within 5 days of conviction if not in custody after a conviction, as specified, and provides a procedure for the verification and enforcement of this requirement. Existing law also requires that, if the defendant is in custody following a conviction, the defendant must relinquish any firearms within 14 days, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the court to shorten or enlarge the time period for relinquishment of a firearm with good cause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 732"
citation: "California AB 732 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "relinquishment of firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Fong"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db9cc819-b31a-4776-ace4-738b6f2d09b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB732"
source_hash: "6b9d5e9167e9adef4d05ebe32d0905c2c69b1d002cbaa1a30b7ef48cd5ec73c8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 732 (20232024) — Crimes: relinquishment of firearms.

Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony or of specified misdemeanors from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm for specified periods of time. Existing law, as enacted by the Safety for All Act of 2016, an initiative statute approved by voters as Proposition 63 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, requires any defendant subject to this prohibition to relinquish any firearm that they own or possess within 5 days of conviction if not in custody after a conviction, as specified, and provides a procedure for the verification and enforcement of this requirement. Existing law also requires that, if the defendant is in custody following a conviction, the defendant must relinquish any firearms within 14 days, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the court to shorten or enlarge the time period for relinquishment of a firearm with good cause.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB732&version=20230AB73299INT)
2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB732&version=20230AB73298AMD)
3. **05/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB732&version=20230AB73297AMD)
4. **06/29/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB732&version=20230AB73296AMD)
5. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB732&version=20230AB73295AMD)
6. **09/26/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB732&version=20230AB73293CHP)
7. **AB732** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB732)
8. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB732&version=20230AB73294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 732 Mike Fong Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB732 Mike Fong et al. By Blakespear — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 732 Mike Fong Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Fong — primary (person)
- Blakespear — coauthor (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.
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** 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`
- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. 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`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 2651.). `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 78. Noes 0. Page 3404.). `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 240, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db9cc819-b31a-4776-ace4-738b6f2d09b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).