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Bill Firearms: firearm barrels. Existing law generally requires the sale or transfer of firearms to be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "firearm" to mean a device, designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expelled through a barrel a projectile by the force of an explosion or other form of combustion and to include the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part. For these purposes, existing law defines "firearm precursor part" as any forging, casting, printing, extrusion, machined body, or similar article that has reached a stage in manufacture where it may readily be completed, assembled, or converted to be used as the frame or receiver of a functional firearm, or that is marketed or sold to the public to become or be used as the frame or receiver of a functional firearm once completed, assembled, or converted. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 704 California SB 704 (20252026)
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California SB 704 (20252026) — Firearms: firearm barrels.

Existing law generally requires the sale or transfer of firearms to be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "firearm" to mean a device, designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expelled through a barrel a projectile by the force of an explosion or other form of combustion and to include the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part. For these purposes, existing law defines "firearm precursor part" as any forging, casting, printing, extrusion, machined body, or similar article that has reached a stage in manufacture where it may readily be completed, assembled, or converted to be used as the frame or receiver of a functional firearm, or that is marketed or sold to the public to become or be used as the frame or receiver of a functional firearm once completed, assembled, or converted.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/26/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/25/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  8. SB704 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • SB 704 Arreguín Senate Third Reading By Stefani — 5720 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB704 Arreguín et al. Concurrence — 2910 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 72 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading — 2811 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 51 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 51 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended. — 114 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Arreguín — primary (person)
  • Blakespear — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
  • 2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
  • 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-26 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
  • 2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2025-04-11 Set for hearing April 29.
  • 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 945.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
  • 2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
  • 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1210.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 1508.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-06-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2025-06-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-25 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
  • 2025-07-01 July 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 3008.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2718.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  • 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 591, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ce6c3c5-b1bb-47af-bf00-407a06d1df06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).