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. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "machinegun" to mean, among other definitions, any weapon that shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
California AB 1127 (20252026) — Firearms: converter pistols.
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. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "machinegun" to mean, among other definitions, any weapon that shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1127 Gabriel et al. By Blakespear — 29–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–2 (pass) · upper
AB 1127 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — 58–17 (pass) · lower
AB 1127 GABRIEL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–16 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gabriel — primary (person)
Arreguín — coauthor (person)
Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Blakespear — coauthor (person)
Bryan — coauthor (person)
Connolly — coauthor (person)
Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
Hart — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
Mark González — coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Stefani — author (person)
Wicks — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-03-28 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-28 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
2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2025-04-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-04-10 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-04-22 Coauthors revised.
2025-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 1988.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-18 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2