republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1315.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Imitation firearms: regulation: County of Los Angeles."
description: "Existing law provides that the Legislature occupies the whole field of regulation of the manufacture, sale, or possession of imitation firearms, as defined, and that those provisions shall preempt and be exclusive of all regulations relating to the manufacture, sale, or possession of imitation firearms, including regulations governing the manufacture, sale, or possession of BB devices and air rifles, as specified. Existing law defines \"imitation firearm\" as any BB device, toy gun, replica of a firearm, or other device that is so substantially similar in coloration and overall appearance to an existing firearm as to lead a reasonable person to perceive that the device is a firearm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1315"
citation: "California SB 1315 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Imitation firearms: regulation: County of Los Angeles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cad1fa24-b798-485c-8921-fbcffee9b94a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1315"
source_hash: "5cd8b6c7f70e72772af4180bdce48b26a03fecdded8723839da732c92a2cded7"
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 1315 (20112012) — Imitation firearms: regulation: County of Los Angeles.

Existing law provides that the Legislature occupies the whole field of regulation of the manufacture, sale, or possession of imitation firearms, as defined, and that those provisions shall preempt and be exclusive of all regulations relating to the manufacture, sale, or possession of imitation firearms, including regulations governing the manufacture, sale, or possession of BB devices and air rifles, as specified. Existing law defines "imitation firearm" as any BB device, toy gun, replica of a firearm, or other device that is so substantially similar in coloration and overall appearance to an existing firearm as to lead a reasonable person to perceive that the device is a firearm.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1315&version=20110SB131599INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1315&version=20110SB131598AMD)
3. **08/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1315&version=20110SB131596CHP)
4. **SB1315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1315)
5. **08/14/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1315&version=20110SB131597ENR)

## Votes

- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1315 De León — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 1315 De León Senate Third Reading By FEUER — **47–28** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **3–2** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- De León — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-13** Set for hearing March 27.
- **2012-03-19** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-03-20** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2012-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3209.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 3241.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee. Reconsideration granted. `committee-failure`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 5898.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-14** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2012-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 214, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cad1fa24-b798-485c-8921-fbcffee9b94a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).