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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: safety certificate instructional materials."
description: "Existing law requires a person who purchases or receives a firearm to possess a valid and unexpired firearm safety certificate or handgun safety certificate, as applicable. Existing law prohibits the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to a person who does not possess a valid and unexpired firearm safety certificate or handgun safety certificate, as applicable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 724"
citation: "California AB 724 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "safety certificate instructional materials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vince Fong"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c453803b-1803-44b7-a4de-f644b837773f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB724"
source_hash: "f40d7b3bc139ccd23225ea232131a21f61a50a4f3ebd4266fef8d95e5591419d"
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 724 (20232024) — Firearms: safety certificate instructional materials.
Existing law requires a person who purchases or receives a firearm to possess a valid and unexpired firearm safety certificate or handgun safety certificate, as applicable. Existing law prohibits the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to a person who does not possess a valid and unexpired firearm safety certificate or handgun safety certificate, as applicable.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB724&version=20230AB72499INT)
2. **06/07/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB724&version=20230AB72498AMD)
3. **08/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB724&version=20230AB72497AMD)
4. **09/26/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB724&version=20230AB72495CHP)
5. **AB724** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB724)
6. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB724&version=20230AB72496ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **80** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **50** (pass) · upper
- AB 724 Vince Fong Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB724 Vince Fong By Ochoa Bogh — **390** (pass) · upper
- AB 724 Vince Fong Consent Calendar Second Day — **790** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB724 Vince Fong By Ochoa Bogh — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Vince Fong — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1364.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1828.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-08-24** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2023-08-30** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-08-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2399.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3051.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 238, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c453803b-1803-44b7-a4de-f644b837773f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).