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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms."
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description: "Existing law prohibits a person from carrying a concealed firearm or carrying a loaded firearm in public. Existing law authorizes a licensing authority, as specified, if good cause exists for the issuance, and subject to certain other criteria including, among other things, the applicant is of good moral character and has completed a specified course of training, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified. Under existing law, the required course of training for an applicant is no more than 16 hours and covers firearm safety and laws regarding the permissible use of a firearm."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 2"
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citation: "California SB 2 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2022-12-05"
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last_action: "2023-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d84c886d-37e9-4217-8305-720f12015df4"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB2"
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source_hash: "9ff9a902b0d02c3babc6dc7536aef84121059bb5abb18781b16e7bb4feded993"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 2 (20232024) — Firearms.
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Existing law prohibits a person from carrying a concealed firearm or carrying a loaded firearm in public. Existing law authorizes a licensing authority, as specified, if good cause exists for the issuance, and subject to certain other criteria including, among other things, the applicant is of good moral character and has completed a specified course of training, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified. Under existing law, the required course of training for an applicant is no more than 16 hours and covers firearm safety and laws regarding the permissible use of a firearm.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB2&version=20230SB299INT)
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2. **01/31/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB2&version=20230SB298AMD)
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3. **03/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB2&version=20230SB297AMD)
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4. **06/29/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB2&version=20230SB296AMD)
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5. **09/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB2&version=20230SB295AMD)
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6. **09/26/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB2&version=20230SB293CHP)
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7. **SB2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB2)
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8. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB2&version=20230SB294ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 2 Portantino Senate Third Reading By McCarty Amendment Set #1 — **57–17** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB2 Portantino et al. — **29–9** (pass) · upper
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- SB 2 Portantino Senate Third Reading By McCarty — **54–23** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB2 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **28–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Portantino — primary (person)
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- Ashby — coauthor (person)
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- Bauer-Kahan — principal coauthor (person)
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- Becker — coauthor (person)
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- Berman — principal coauthor (person)
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- Blakespear — principal coauthor (person)
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- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
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- Bradford — principal coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
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- Connolly — coauthor (person)
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- Dodd — coauthor (person)
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- Eggman — coauthor (person)
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- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
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- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
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- Haney — coauthor (person)
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- Jones-Sawyer — principal coauthor (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — principal coauthor (person)
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- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
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- Min — coauthor (person)
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- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
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- Petrie-Norris — principal coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — coauthor (person)
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- Skinner — coauthor (person)
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- Ting — coauthor (person)
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- Ward — coauthor (person)
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- Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Wicks — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
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- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-31** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-09** Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-02** Set for hearing March 28.
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- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 577.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 10.
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- **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1156.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1289.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 3120.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 3208.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2614.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2023-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 249, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d84c886d-37e9-4217-8305-720f12015df4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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