republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1982.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm safety certificate: exemptions."
description: "Existing law requires any person who purchases or receives a firearm to possess a firearm safety certificate, with specified exemptions, including active or honorably retired members of the armed forces, as specified, where individuals in those organizations are properly identified. Under existing law, proper identification includes the Armed Forces Identification Card or other written documentation certifying that the individual is an active or honorably retired member of the armed forces."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1982"
citation: "California AB 1982 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearm safety certificate", "exemptions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7ff4626-8713-4202-8e29-d8b9ff8dc564"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1982"
source_hash: "2906fc44698c5643ff14d77f311ea913c1985e50a682c0772516ac2071ffe51e"
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 1982 (20232024) — Firearm safety certificate: exemptions.

Existing law requires any person who purchases or receives a firearm to possess a firearm safety certificate, with specified exemptions, including active or honorably retired members of the armed forces, as specified, where individuals in those organizations are properly identified. Under existing law, proper identification includes the Armed Forces Identification Card or other written documentation certifying that the individual is an active or honorably retired member of the armed forces.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1982&version=20230AB198299INT)
2. **02/15/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1982&version=20230AB198298AMD)
3. **07/18/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1982&version=20230AB198296CHP)
4. **AB1982** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1982)
5. **07/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1982&version=20230AB198297ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1982 Mathis et al. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1982 Mathis Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mathis — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Dixon — coauthor (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Hoover — coauthor (person)
- Jim Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2024-02-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** 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`
- **2024-02-16** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-03-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4392.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4850.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2024-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 146, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7ff4626-8713-4202-8e29-d8b9ff8dc564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).