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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: public safety."
description: "Existing law, subject to exceptions, provides that any person who has been convicted of certain misdemeanors may not, within 10 years of the conviction, own, purchase, receive, possess or have under their custody or control, any firearm and makes a violation of that prohibition punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 902"
citation: "California SB 902 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "public safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed6b997d-7783-4483-af07-c77ab6e5cacc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB902"
source_hash: "eca82dffe947e7741f0ca24177a44643eeaefd7bfba7bc53b241aa4a94b9353e"
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 902 (20232024) — Firearms: public safety.
Existing law, subject to exceptions, provides that any person who has been convicted of certain misdemeanors may not, within 10 years of the conviction, own, purchase, receive, possess or have under their custody or control, any firearm and makes a violation of that prohibition punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/03/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB902&version=20230SB90299INT)
2. **03/13/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB902&version=20230SB90298AMD)
3. **04/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB902&version=20230SB90297AMD)
4. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB902&version=20230SB90296AMD)
5. **09/24/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB902&version=20230SB90294CHP)
6. **SB902** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB902)
7. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB902&version=20230SB90295ENR)
## Votes
- SB 902 Roth Senate Third Reading By Gabriel — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **61** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB902 Roth et al. Concurrence — **373** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB902 Roth et al. — **361** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **110** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Roth — primary (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 3.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2024-03-13** 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`
- **2024-04-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3449.) (April 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2024-05-13** May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-14** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3963.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 4058.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6713.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 3. Page 5636.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 545, 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/ed6b997d-7783-4483-af07-c77ab6e5cacc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).