SB 241 is sponsored by Min and Blakespear, Catherine S. (Democratic).

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California 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 241 — Firearms: dealer requirements.

Last action September 26, 2023 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 250, Statutes of 2023.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 25, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (Democratic) on September 26, 2023.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
2 sponsors

1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law prohibits any person from selling, leasing, or transferring any firearm unless the person is licensed as a firearms dealer, as specified. Existing law prescribes certain requirements and prohibitions for licensed firearms dealers. A violation of any of these requirements or prohibitions is grounds for forfeiture of a firearms dealer's license. Commencing on July 1, 2026, this bill would require a licensee and any employees that handle firearms to annually complete specified training. The bill would require the Department of Justice, on or before February 1, 2026, to develop and implement a training course, as specified, including a testing certification component. The bill would authorize the department to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of the bill.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/26/23 - Chaptered Current pdf September 26, 2023
Enrolled 09/18/23 - Enrolled pdf September 18, 2023
Amended 09/08/23 - Amended Assembly pdf September 08, 2023
Amended 06/29/23 - Amended Assembly pdf June 29, 2023
Amended 05/18/23 - Amended Senate pdf May 18, 2023
Introduced 01/25/23 - Introduced pdf January 25, 2023
SB241 View text html

Action History

September 26, 2023
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 250, Statutes of 2023.
September 26, 2023
Approved by the Governor.
September 21, 2023
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
September 14, 2023
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2823.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
September 14, 2023
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
September 14, 2023
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 3525.) Ordered to the Senate.
September 08, 2023
Read third time and amended.
September 08, 2023
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
September 08, 2023
Ordered to third reading.
September 08, 2023
Action rescinded whereby bill read third time, passed, and ordered to Senate.
September 07, 2023
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 3065.) Ordered to the Senate.
September 05, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
September 01, 2023
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (September 1).
August 16, 2023
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
June 29, 2023
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 28, 2023
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27).
June 08, 2023
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
May 31, 2023
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
May 30, 2023
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 1359.) Ordered to the Assembly.
May 22, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 18, 2023
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
May 18, 2023
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1162.) (May 18).
May 12, 2023
Set for hearing May 18.
April 10, 2023
April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
March 28, 2023
Set for hearing April 10.
March 14, 2023
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 341.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
February 16, 2023
Set for hearing March 14.
February 01, 2023
Referred to Com. on PUB S.
January 26, 2023
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 25.
January 25, 2023
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 19 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Blakespear, Catherine S. Democratic

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB241 Min et al. Concurrence

September 14, 2023

Passed 29 Yea · 10 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	20	2	0	0
Unaffiliated	9	1	0	1
Republican	0	7	0	0
Total	29	10	0	1
% of votes cast	73%	25%	0%	3%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Atkins	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Nay
Roth	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Nay
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Nay
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Nay
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Nay
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

SB 241 Min Senate Third Reading By Gipson

September 14, 2023

Passed 61 Yea · 14 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	47	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	14	5	0	1
Republican	0	9	0	4
Total	61	14	0	5
% of votes cast	76%	18%	0%	6%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Essayli	—	Nay
Waldron	—	Nay
Mathis	—	Nay
Rodriguez	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Nay
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Nay
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Not Voting
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Not Voting
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Nay
Flora, Heath	Republican	Nay
Gallagher, James	Republican	Nay
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Nay
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Not Voting
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Nay
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Nay
Ta, Tri	Republican	Nay
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Nay

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SB 241 Min Senate Third Reading

September 08, 2023

Passed 60 Yea · 13 Nay · 7 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	46	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	14	4	0	2
Republican	0	9	0	4
Total	60	13	0	7
% of votes cast	75%	16%	0%	9%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Nay
Mathis	—	Nay
Essayli	—	Not Voting
Rodriguez	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Nay
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Nay
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Not Voting
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Not Voting
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Not Voting
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Nay
Flora, Heath	Republican	Nay
Gallagher, James	Republican	Nay
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Nay
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Not Voting
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Nay
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Nay
Ta, Tri	Republican	Nay
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

September 01, 2023

Passed 12 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	10	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	1
Republican	0	3	0	0
Total	12	3	0	1
% of votes cast	75%	19%	0%	6%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Nay
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

June 27, 2023

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	4	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	2
Total	6	0	0	2
% of votes cast	75%	0%	0%	25%

How each member voted (8)

Member	Party	Vote
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Not Voting
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Not Voting

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3rd Reading

May 30, 2023

Passed 31 Yea · 6 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	21	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	1
Republican	0	6	0	1
Total	31	6	0	3
% of votes cast	78%	15%	0%	8%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Atkins	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Roth	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Nay
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Not Voting
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended

May 18, 2023

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Republican	0	2	0	0
Total	5	2	0	0
% of votes cast	71%	29%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bradford	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

April 10, 2023

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bradford	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

March 14, 2023

Passed 4 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	1
Total	4	0	0	1
% of votes cast	80%	0%	0%	20%

How each member voted (5)

Member	Party	Vote
Skinner	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 241 do?: Existing law prohibits any person from selling, leasing, or transferring any firearm unless the person is licensed as a firearms dealer, as specified. Existing law prescribes certain requirements and prohibitions for licensed firearms dealers. A violation of any of these requirements or prohibitions is grounds for forfeiture of a firearms dealer's license. Commencing on July 1, 2026, this bill would require a licensee and any employees that handle firearms to annually complete specified training. The bill would require the Department of Justice, on or before February 1, 2026, to develop and implement a training course, as specified, including a testing certification component. The bill would authorize the department to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of the bill.
Who sponsors SB 241?: SB 241 is sponsored by Min and Blakespear, Catherine S. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 241?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 25, 2023. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 241
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2023-2024 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 25, 2023
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Min

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