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type: "Bill"
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title: "Office of Gun Violence Prevention."
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description: "Under existing law, the Department of Justice is responsible for carrying out several functions related to the sale, delivery, and transfer of firearms, including maintaining a centralized list of all persons licensed to sell firearms and inspecting firearms. The California Constitution establishes the Attorney General as the chief law officer of the state and makes it the duty of the Attorney General to see that the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 1252"
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citation: "California AB 1252 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Office of Gun Violence Prevention"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-09-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fe95c94-670b-44ab-a195-7b8e1e460114"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1252"
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source_hash: "a0a30d00d5ac6bfa0a3b034caafc8aee40ae33711ee54e315d357574a1d53007"
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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 1252 (20232024) — Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
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Under existing law, the Department of Justice is responsible for carrying out several functions related to the sale, delivery, and transfer of firearms, including maintaining a centralized list of all persons licensed to sell firearms and inspecting firearms. The California Constitution establishes the Attorney General as the chief law officer of the state and makes it the duty of the Attorney General to see that the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced.
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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. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1252&version=20230AB125299INT)
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2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1252&version=20230AB125298AMD)
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3. **04/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1252&version=20230AB125297AMD)
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4. **08/28/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1252&version=20230AB125296AMD)
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5. **09/24/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1252&version=20230AB125294CHP)
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6. **AB1252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1252)
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7. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1252&version=20230AB125295ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1252 Wicks et al. By Blakespear — **31–8** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1252 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — **56–6** (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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- AB 1252 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–10** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wicks — primary (person)
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- Blakespear — principal coauthor (person)
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- Gabriel — author (person)
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- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
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- Zbur — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
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- **2023-03-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-23** 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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- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2024-01-18** In committee: Set, second hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-01-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 6. Page 3932.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-28** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.)
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- **2024-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 10.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2024-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 529, Statutes of 2024. `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/1fe95c94-670b-44ab-a195-7b8e1e460114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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