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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms: inspections."
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description: "Existing law prescribes certain rules and requirements relating to gun shows and events, and the organizers, vendors, and participants, including rules governing firearms transactions at the event. The existing Safety For All Act of 2016, approved as an initiative statute at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, requires a person, firm, corporation, or other business enterprise that sells more than 500 rounds of ammunition in any 30-day period to have a valid ammunition vendor license. Existing law generally requires ammunition to be sold only to people who meet specified criteria, including to a person whose firearms ownership information matches an entry in the Automated Firearms System and who is eligible to possess ammunition."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 2061"
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citation: "California AB 2061 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms: inspections."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-02-04"
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last_action: "2020-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/296aa21d-4e58-4af7-95d2-1359cba910d4"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2061"
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source_hash: "955fbc127cc0dd3cfedaeb2454855202e9c977056a5d1f185bb8445f66cb95b3"
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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 AB 2061 (20192020) — Firearms: inspections.
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Existing law prescribes certain rules and requirements relating to gun shows and events, and the organizers, vendors, and participants, including rules governing firearms transactions at the event. The existing Safety For All Act of 2016, approved as an initiative statute at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, requires a person, firm, corporation, or other business enterprise that sells more than 500 rounds of ammunition in any 30-day period to have a valid ammunition vendor license. Existing law generally requires ammunition to be sold only to people who meet specified criteria, including to a person whose firearms ownership information matches an entry in the Automated Firearms System and who is eligible to possess ammunition.
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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. **02/04/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2061&version=20190AB206199INT)
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2. **03/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2061&version=20190AB206198AMD)
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3. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2061&version=20190AB206197AMD)
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4. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2061&version=20190AB206195CHP)
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5. **AB2061** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2061)
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6. **08/31/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2061&version=20190AB206196ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB2061 Limón et al. By Jackson — **28–7** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2061 Limón Assembly Third Reading — **60–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **14–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Limón — primary (person)
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- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
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- Petrie-Norris — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
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- **2020-02-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2020-03-05** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2020-05-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (June 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-06-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 3. Page 4702.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 4400.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2020-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 273, Statutes of 2020.
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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/296aa21d-4e58-4af7-95d2-1359cba910d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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