republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1525.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms warnings."
description: "Existing law requires prescribed warnings on the packaging of any firearm and descriptive materials that accompany a firearm sold or transferred in the state by a licensed manufacturer or licensed dealer. Existing law also requires prescribed warnings to be posted within the premises of a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to develop an instructional manual to be made available to licensed firearms dealers, who are required to make it available to the public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1525"
citation: "California AB 1525 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms warnings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dc08a67-82ac-4413-81cd-3c8538aebf67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1525"
source_hash: "bc324640af898e156040a0542b32b7d6ad1310a8c7c64bd0c7d536093924950f"
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 AB 1525 (20172018) — Firearms warnings.

Existing law requires prescribed warnings on the packaging of any firearm and descriptive materials that accompany a firearm sold or transferred in the state by a licensed manufacturer or licensed dealer. Existing law also requires prescribed warnings to be posted within the premises of a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to develop an instructional manual to be made available to licensed firearms dealers, who are required to make it available to the public.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1525&version=20170AB152599INT)
2. **03/22/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1525&version=20170AB152598AMD)
3. **03/27/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1525&version=20170AB152597AMD)
4. **10/15/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1525&version=20170AB152595CHP)
5. **AB1525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1525)
6. **09/05/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1525&version=20170AB152596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1525 Baker et al. By Pan — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1525 BAKER Assembly Third Reading — **59–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Burke — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-02-23** Introduced measure version corrected. `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 1651.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2301.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 825, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dc08a67-82ac-4413-81cd-3c8538aebf67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).