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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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102 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms: requirements for licensed dealers."
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description: "Existing law regulates licensed firearms dealers and provides that a license is subject to forfeiture for a breach of specified prohibitions in existing law. Existing law authorizes the temporary transfer of a firearm without a firearms dealer's participation to a person who is 18 years of age or older for safekeeping to prevent it from being used to attempt suicide, as specified."
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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 368"
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citation: "California SB 368 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms", "requirements for licensed dealers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-08"
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last_action: "2023-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e55248a-6517-476a-a1bd-b22e9e41a6f7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB368"
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source_hash: "3b164b0924e9f4efd7345ff92f2c49fa5785b2d5513bf23ebcf49e9448be93e7"
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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 368 (20232024) — Firearms: requirements for licensed dealers.
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Existing law regulates licensed firearms dealers and provides that a license is subject to forfeiture for a breach of specified prohibitions in existing law. Existing law authorizes the temporary transfer of a firearm without a firearms dealer's participation to a person who is 18 years of age or older for safekeeping to prevent it from being used to attempt suicide, as specified.
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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. **02/08/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB368&version=20230SB36899INT)
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2. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB368&version=20230SB36898AMD)
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3. **06/29/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB368&version=20230SB36897AMD)
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4. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB368&version=20230SB36896AMD)
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5. **09/26/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB368&version=20230SB36894CHP)
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6. **SB368** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB368)
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7. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB368&version=20230SB36895ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 368 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — **62–15** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB368 Portantino et al. — **30–8** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB368 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **29–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Portantino — primary (person)
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- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
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- Min — coauthor (person)
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- Padilla — coauthor (person)
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- Skinner — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `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 as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 579.) (March 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-10** Set for hearing April 17.
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- **2023-04-17** April 17 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 1167.) (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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- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 1253.) 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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- **2023-06-01** 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 1.) (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 12. Noes 4.) (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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- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3010.)
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- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3156.) 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 29. Noes 10. Page 2674.) 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 251, 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/8e55248a-6517-476a-a1bd-b22e9e41a6f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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