California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 645 — Firearms: warning statements.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 729, Statutes of 2019.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 15, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · 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.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires the packaging of any firearm and any descriptive materials that accompany any firearm sold or transferred in this state, or delivered for sale in this state, by any licensed manufacturer or licensed dealer of firearms, to bear a label containing a warning statement, as specified. Existing law also requires a licensed dealer of firearms to conspicuously post a prescribed firearms safety warning message within the licensed premises. This bill would require, as of June 1, 2020, a specified statement regarding suicide prevention to be included on the firearm warning label, and to be posted on the premises of each licensed firearm dealer. Existing law requires the department to develop a written objective test for the issuance of a firearm safety certificate, which is generally required for the purchase or receipt of a firearm. Existing law also requires a specified warning to be given to a person who takes the firearms safety certificate examination and would require the applicant to acknowledge receipt of the prescribed warning prior to issuance of the firearm safety certificate. This bill would require, as of June 1, 2020, for the written test and the acknowledged warning to also cover the topic of suicide prevention.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 729, Statutes of 2019.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 7. Page 2894.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 2284.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  13. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 2. Page 1352.)

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 10).

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  19. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

  20. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 645 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 60 Yea · 7 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 39508
Democratic 20002
Republican 1202
Total 607012
% of votes cast 76%9%0%15%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Salas — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Burke — Yea
Wood — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chu — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Weber — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Brough — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Cooper — Not Voting
Fong — Not Voting
Kiley — Not Voting
Mayes — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Ting — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al 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
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB645 Irwin By Portantino

Passed 29 Yea · 4 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19305
Democratic 10000
Republican 0102
Total 29407
% of votes cast 73%10%0%18%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Beall — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hill — Yea
Roth — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Borgeas — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Moorlach — Not Voting
Bates — Not Voting
Wilk — Not Voting
Chang — Not Voting
Leyva — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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AB 645 Irwin Assembly Third Reading

Passed 62 Yea · 2 Nay · 16 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 371010
Democratic 23002
Republican 2104
Total 622016
% of votes cast 78%3%0%20%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Salas — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Ting — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Burke — Yea
Wood — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chu — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Weber — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Cooper — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Brough — Not Voting
Kiley — Not Voting
Gray — Not Voting
Mayes — Not Voting
Mathis — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Melendez — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al 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
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

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Do pass.

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6001
Unaffiliated 9002
Total 15003
% of votes cast 83%0%0%17%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Obernolte — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea

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Subjects

public-safety
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 645 do?
Existing law requires the packaging of any firearm and any descriptive materials that accompany any firearm sold or transferred in this state, or delivered for sale in this state, by any licensed manufacturer or licensed dealer of firearms, to bear a label containing a warning statement, as specified. Existing law also requires a licensed dealer of firearms to conspicuously post a prescribed firearms safety warning message within the licensed premises. This bill would require, as of June 1, 2020, a specified statement regarding suicide prevention to be included on the firearm warning label, and to be posted on the premises of each licensed firearm dealer. Existing law requires the department to develop a written objective test for the issuance of a firearm safety certificate, which is generally required for the purchase or receipt of a firearm. Existing law also requires a specified warning to be given to a person who takes the firearms safety certificate examination and would require the applicant to acknowledge receipt of the prescribed warning prior to issuance of the firearm safety certificate. This bill would require, as of June 1, 2020, for the written test and the acknowledged warning to also cover the topic of suicide prevention.
Who sponsors AB 645?
AB 645 is sponsored by Irwin, Jacqui (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 645?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 15, 2019. Enacted.
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