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Proposed California Firearm Legislation SB257

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Legislation Overview

Title: Firearms: prohibited persons.

Description: An act to add Section 29880 to the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

Session: 2019-2020 Regular Session

Last Action: August 30 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Last Action Date: August 30, 2019

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

1 sponsors: Jim Nielsen (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Aug 30, 2019 August 30 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Assembly Jun 26, 2019 June 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Assembly Jun 19, 2019 June 19 hearing postponed by committee.
Assembly Jun 11, 2019 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Assembly Jun 4, 2019 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Assembly May 16, 2019 Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Assembly May 2, 2019 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Senate May 2, 2019 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 925.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Senate Apr 30, 2019 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
Senate Apr 29, 2019 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
Senate Apr 18, 2019 Set for hearing April 29.
Senate Apr 9, 2019 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 624.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Senate Mar 25, 2019 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Senate Mar 14, 2019 Set for hearing April 9.
Senate Feb 21, 2019 Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Senate Feb 13, 2019 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
Senate Feb 12, 2019 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Jun 4, 2019 state link bill text
Amended Mar 25, 2019 state link bill text
Introduced Feb 12, 2019 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
04/9/2019 7 0 0 0 Yes
  • Bradford, Steven (D) Yea
  • Jackson, Hannah-Beth (D) Yea
  • Mitchell, Holly (D) Yea
  • Moorlach, John (R) Yea
  • Morrell, Mike (R) Yea
  • Skinner, Nancy (D) Yea
  • Wiener, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/2/2019 38 0 0 0 Yes
  • Allen, Benjamin (D) Yea
  • Archuleta, Bob (D) Yea
  • Atkins, Toni (D) Yea
  • Bates, Patricia (R) Yea
  • Beall, Jim (D) Yea
  • Borgeas, Andreas (R) Yea
  • Bradford, Steven (D) Yea
  • Caballero, Anna (D) Yea
  • Chang, Ling Ling (R) Yea
  • Dodd, Bill (D) Yea
  • Durazo, Maria (D) Yea
  • Galgiani, Cathleen (D) Yea
  • Glazer, Steve (D) Yea
  • Grove, Shannon (R) Yea
  • Hertzberg, Bob (D) Yea
  • Hill, Jerry (D) Yea
  • Hueso, Benjamin (D) Yea
  • Hurtado, Melissa (D) Yea
  • Jackson, Hannah-Beth (D) Yea
  • Jones, Brian (R) Yea
  • Leyva, Connie (D) Yea
  • McGuire, Mike (D) Yea
  • Mitchell, Holly (D) Yea
  • Monning, William (D) Yea
  • Moorlach, John (R) Yea
  • Morrell, Mike (R) Yea
  • Nielsen, Jim (R) Yea
  • Pan, Richard (D) Yea
  • Portantino, Anthony (D) Yea
  • Roth, Richard (D) Yea
  • Rubio, Susan (D) Yea
  • Skinner, Nancy (D) Yea
  • Stern, Henry (D) Yea
  • Stone, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Umberg, Tom (D) Yea
  • Wieckowski, Bob (D) Yea
  • Wiener, Scott (D) Yea
  • Wilk, Scott (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/11/2019 8 0 0 0 Yes
  • Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca (D) Yea
  • Diep, Tyler (R) Yea
  • Jones-Sawyer, Reginald (D) Yea
  • Kamlager-Dove, Sydney (D) Yea
  • Lackey, Tom (R) Yea
  • Quirk, Bill (D) Yea
  • Santiago, Miguel (D) Yea
  • Wicks, Buffy (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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