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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: dealer requirements."
description: "Existing law prohibits any person from selling, leasing, or transferring any firearm unless the person is licensed as a firearms dealer, as specified. Existing law prescribes certain requirements and prohibitions for licensed firearms dealers. A violation of any of these requirements or prohibitions is grounds for forfeiture of a firearms dealer's license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "California SB 241 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "dealer requirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Min"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/073ba7c5-e584-4528-b2a4-9ac3897b56e1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB241"
source_hash: "90c5fd639cc104c32122850eb55a5a511a941b2c7293c553f762e4a837fff561"
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 SB 241 (20232024) — Firearms: dealer requirements.
Existing law prohibits any person from selling, leasing, or transferring any firearm unless the person is licensed as a firearms dealer, as specified. Existing law prescribes certain requirements and prohibitions for licensed firearms dealers. A violation of any of these requirements or prohibitions is grounds for forfeiture of a firearms dealer's license.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/25/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB241&version=20230SB24199INT)
2. **05/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB241&version=20230SB24198AMD)
3. **06/29/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB241&version=20230SB24197AMD)
4. **09/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB241&version=20230SB24196AMD)
5. **09/26/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB241&version=20230SB24194CHP)
6. **SB241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB241)
7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB241&version=20230SB24195ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB241 Min et al. Concurrence — **2910** (pass) · upper
- SB 241 Min Senate Third Reading — **6013** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **40** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **60** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **123** (pass) · lower
- SB 241 Min Senate Third Reading By Gipson — **6114** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **316** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Min — primary (person)
- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 25.
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Set for hearing March 14.
- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 341.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1162.) (May 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 1359.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 3065.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-08** Action rescinded whereby bill read third time, passed, and ordered to Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-08** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 3525.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2823.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** 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 250, 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/073ba7c5-e584-4528-b2a4-9ac3897b56e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).