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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms: unserialized firearms."
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description: "(1) Existing law defines a firearm precursor part as a component of a firearm that is necessary to build or assemble a firearm and is either an unfinished handgun frame or a specified unfinished receiver, receiver tube, or receiver flat. Under existing law, commencing July 1, 2022, a firearm precursor part is required to be sold through a licensed firearm precursor part vendor, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 1621"
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citation: "California AB 1621 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms: unserialized firearms."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-10"
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last_action: "2022-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d2f6595-7eca-4775-9db2-2e56a75b4016"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1621"
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source_hash: "54a33610dad8e30c0fe3616010d1d52c6e9e7b752d4ee646a0c25bb1aafd24b9"
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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 1621 (20212022) — Firearms: unserialized firearms.
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(1) Existing law defines a firearm precursor part as a component of a firearm that is necessary to build or assemble a firearm and is either an unfinished handgun frame or a specified unfinished receiver, receiver tube, or receiver flat. Under existing law, commencing July 1, 2022, a firearm precursor part is required to be sold through a licensed firearm precursor part vendor, as specified.
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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. **01/10/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1621&version=20210AB162199INT)
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2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1621&version=20210AB162198AMD)
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3. **06/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1621&version=20210AB162197AMD)
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4. **06/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1621&version=20210AB162196AMD)
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5. **06/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1621&version=20210AB162194CHP)
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6. **AB1621** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1621)
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7. **06/30/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1621&version=20210AB162195ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB1621 Gipson et al. By Portantino Urgency Clause — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1621 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — **63–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1621 Gipson Concurrence - Urgency Added — **62–14** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gipson — primary (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Muratsuchi — author (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — coauthor (person)
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- Ting — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2022-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
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- **2022-03-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-24** 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`
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- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-20** Coauthors revised.
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- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 4981.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2022-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-06-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-06-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4433.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2022-06-29** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 14.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2022-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 76, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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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/2d2f6595-7eca-4775-9db2-2e56a75b4016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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