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Bill	Firearms: unserialized firearms.	Existing law requires a person that is manufacturing a firearm or assembling a firearm from unserialized components, to apply to the Department of Justice for a unique mark of identification and to affix that mark to the firearm, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person, corporation, or firm from knowingly manufacturing or assembling, or to knowingly cause, allow, facilitate, aid, or abet the manufacture or assembling of, a firearm that is not imprinted with a valid state or federal serial number or mark of identification. Under existing law, a person who knowingly possesses a firearm that does not have a valid state or federal serial number or mark of identification is guilty of a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 97	California AB 97 (20232024)	bill	Firearms unserialized firearms	enacted	Rodriguez	6	26	8	2023-01-09	2023-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/7dda526e-aacd-4741-bd8a-c9a4e19a4e9c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB97	57760f21fd4b7d6f0ee6635081577650e4ef161a7a4fdecd45961dc329be3085	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 97 (20232024) — Firearms: unserialized firearms.

Existing law requires a person that is manufacturing a firearm or assembling a firearm from unserialized components, to apply to the Department of Justice for a unique mark of identification and to affix that mark to the firearm, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person, corporation, or firm from knowingly manufacturing or assembling, or to knowingly cause, allow, facilitate, aid, or abet the manufacture or assembling of, a firearm that is not imprinted with a valid state or federal serial number or mark of identification. Under existing law, a person who knowingly possesses a firearm that does not have a valid state or federal serial number or mark of identification is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/08/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/26/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB97 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 97 Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 97 Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rodriguez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
• 2023-01-26 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-02-28 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-03-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-08 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 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
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1748.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 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 with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (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 6. 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
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2435.). 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.)
• 2023-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3174.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-15 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 233, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7dda526e-aacd-4741-bd8a-c9a4e19a4e9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).