republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1327.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: private rights of action."
description: "Existing law provides that, with certain exceptions, any person who, within this state, manufactures or causes to be manufactured, distributes, transports, or imports into the state, keeps for sale, or offers or exposes for sale, or who gives or lends any assault weapon or any .50 BMG rifle, as defined, is guilty of a felony. Existing law also provides that, subject to certain exceptions, a person, corporation, or dealer who sells, supplies, delivers, or gives possession of a firearm precursor part, as defined, is guilty of a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1327"
citation: "California SB 1327 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: private rights of action."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aadba53f-14bc-498e-803a-3027b27ee721"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1327"
source_hash: "a451aa5037e16a258e09d35593dd26bf6179bcb93ccbd95d5c28def1ac9472c8"
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 1327 (20212022) — Firearms: private rights of action.

Existing law provides that, with certain exceptions, any person who, within this state, manufactures or causes to be manufactured, distributes, transports, or imports into the state, keeps for sale, or offers or exposes for sale, or who gives or lends any assault weapon or any .50 BMG rifle, as defined, is guilty of a felony. Existing law also provides that, subject to certain exceptions, a person, corporation, or dealer who sells, supplies, delivers, or gives possession of a firearm precursor part, as defined, is guilty of a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1327&version=20210SB132799INT)
2. **04/07/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1327&version=20210SB132798AMD)
3. **06/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1327&version=20210SB132797AMD)
4. **06/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1327&version=20210SB132796AMD)
5. **07/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1327&version=20210SB132794CHP)
6. **SB1327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1327)
7. **07/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1327&version=20210SB132795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 1327 Hertzberg Senate Second Reading By Ting Amendment Set #1 — **51–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1327 Hertzberg et al. — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1327 Hertzberg et al. Concurrence — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 1327 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By TING — **52–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — author (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Ting — principal coauthor (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-22** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Coms. on JUD., PUB. S., and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3326.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** 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`
- **2022-04-08** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3519.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2022-05-09** May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3792.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 3874.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** June 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 14). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-23** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 5511.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 21. Page 5558.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 4530.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 146, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aadba53f-14bc-498e-803a-3027b27ee721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).