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Proposed California Firearm Legislation SB53

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Firearms: storage.

Description: An act to amend Sections 16520 and 29805 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 16860, 17060, 23635, 25105, 25135, 25205, 26835, 27882, and 27883 of, and to add Section 25145 to, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

Session: 2023-2024 Session

Last Action: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Last Action Date: June 11, 2024

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'.

20 sponsors: Anthony Portantino (D); Sabrina Cervantes (D); Mike Gipson (D); Marc Berman (D); Catherine Blakespear (D); Lena Gonzalez (D); Monique Limon (D); Evan Low (D); Tina McKinnor (D); Mike Fong (D); Dave Min (D); Gail Pellerin (D); Cottie Petrie-Norris (D); Sharon Quirk-Silva (D); Susan Rubio (D); Pilar Schiavo (D); Nancy Skinner (D); Aisha Wahab (D); Scott Wiener (D); Rick Zbur (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 50% (20 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Jun 11, 2024 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Assembly Jun 4, 2024 June 4 hearing postponed by committee.
Assembly May 28, 2024 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Assembly Apr 29, 2024 Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Senate Jan 29, 2024 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 3049.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Assembly Jan 29, 2024 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Senate Jan 22, 2024 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Senate Jan 18, 2024 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 3010.) (January 18).
Senate Jan 17, 2024 Set for hearing January 18.
Senate Jan 16, 2024 January 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Senate Jan 10, 2024 Set for hearing January 16.
Senate Jan 9, 2024 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 2958.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Senate Jan 4, 2024 Set for hearing January 9.
Senate Jan 3, 2024 Re-referred to Com. on PUB S.
Senate Jan 3, 2024 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Senate Jan 18, 2023 Referred to Com. on RLS.
Senate Dec 6, 2022 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
Senate Dec 5, 2022 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended May 28, 2024 state link bill text
Amended Jan 3, 2024 state link bill text
Introduced Dec 5, 2022 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
01/9/2024 4 1 0 0 Yes
  • Bradford, Steven (D) Yea
  • Seyarto, Kelly (R) Nay
  • Skinner, Nancy (D) Yea
  • Wahab, Aisha (D) Yea
  • Wiener, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/16/2024 6 0 0 1 Yes
  • Ashby, Angelique (D) Absent
  • Bradford, Steven (D) Yea
  • Jones, Brian (R) Yea
  • Portantino, Anthony (D) Yea
  • Seyarto, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Wahab, Aisha (D) Yea
  • Wiener, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/18/2024 4 2 0 1 Yes
  • Ashby, Angelique (D) Absent
  • Bradford, Steven (D) Yea
  • Jones, Brian (R) Nay
  • Portantino, Anthony (D) Yea
  • Seyarto, Kelly (R) Nay
  • Wahab, Aisha (D) Yea
  • Wiener, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/29/2024 27 9 0 4 Yes
  • Allen, Benjamin (D) Yea
  • Alvarado-Gil, Marie (D) Absent
  • Archuleta, Bob (D) Yea
  • Ashby, Angelique (D) Yea
  • Atkins, Toni (D) Yea
  • Becker, Josh (D) Yea
  • Blakespear, Catherine (D) Yea
  • Bradford, Steven (D) Yea
  • Caballero, Anna (D) Yea
  • Cortese, Dave (D) Yea
  • Dahle, Brian (R) Nay
  • Dodd, Bill (D) Absent
  • Durazo, Maria (D) Yea
  • Eggman, Susan (D) Yea
  • Glazer, Steve (D) Yea
  • Gonzalez, Lena (D) Absent
  • Grove, Shannon (R) Nay
  • Hurtado, Melissa (D) Absent
  • Jones, Brian (R) Nay
  • Laird, John (D) Yea
  • Limon, Monique (D) Yea
  • McGuire, Mike (D) Yea
  • Menjivar, Caroline (D) Yea
  • Min, Dave (D) Yea
  • Newman, Josh (D) Yea
  • Nguyen, Janet (R) Nay
  • Niello, Roger (R) Nay
  • Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie (R) Nay
  • Padilla, Steve (D) Yea
  • Portantino, Anthony (D) Yea
  • Roth, Richard (D) Nay
  • Rubio, Susan (D) Yea
  • Seyarto, Kelly (R) Nay
  • Skinner, Nancy (D) Yea
  • Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola (D) Yea
  • Stern, Henry (D) Yea
  • Umberg, Tom (D) Yea
  • Wahab, Aisha (D) Yea
  • Wiener, Scott (D) Yea
  • Wilk, Scott (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/11/2024 6 2 0 0 Yes
  • Alanis, Juan (R) Nay
  • Lackey, Tom (R) Nay
  • McCarty, Kevin (D) Yea
  • Nguyen, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Reyes, Eloise (D) Yea
  • Ting, Philip (D) Yea
  • Wilson, Lori (D) Yea
  • Zbur, Rick (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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