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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: ghost guns."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime for a person to manufacture or cause to be manufactured specified firearms. Existing law prohibits a person, other than a state-licensed firearms manufacturer, from using a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine or three-dimensional printer to manufacture a firearm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1263"
citation: "California AB 1263 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "ghostguns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce4fb4e2-6d93-4bd9-b4f1-0333e4a67f22"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1263"
source_hash: "d05bf0ae9f5a3d797323120922d717bcba9f99b971eb1bc4743e5806a152ba63"
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 1263 (20252026) — Firearms: ghost guns.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person to manufacture or cause to be manufactured specified firearms. Existing law prohibits a person, other than a state-licensed firearms manufacturer, from using a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine or three-dimensional printer to manufacture a firearm.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1263&version=20250AB126399INT)
2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1263&version=20250AB126398AMD)
3. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1263&version=20250AB126397AMD)
4. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1263&version=20250AB126395CHP)
5. **AB1263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1263)
6. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1263&version=20250AB126396ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1263 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — **6310** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **111** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1263 Gipson et al. By Blakespear — **3010** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **112** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **101** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **51** (pass) · upper
- AB 1263 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **6213** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gipson — primary (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Schultz — coauthor (person)
- Stefani — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** 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`
- **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 2025.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-18** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2924.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 13. Page 3387.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 636, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce4fb4e2-6d93-4bd9-b4f1-0333e4a67f22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).