California 2007-2008 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 837 — Firearms: prohibited persons.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2008.

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  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 22, 2007. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · 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.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2008.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 6531.)

  5. From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 14).

  6. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6380.)

  7. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  8. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  9. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4845.)

  10. Read second time. To third reading.

  11. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  12. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) .

  13. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety.

  14. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules.

  15. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing.

  16. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  17. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing.

  18. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules.

  19. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water.

  20. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water.

  21. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  22. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water.

  23. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules.

  24. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications.

  25. Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications.

  26. In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.

  27. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 1310.)

  28. Read second time. To third reading.

  29. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 23).

  30. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 9).

  31. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce.

  32. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended.

  33. Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce and Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

  34. From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.

  35. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Feuer · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Feuer

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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 680011
Democratic 3001
Republican 3000
Total 740012
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (86)
Member Party Vote
Aghazarian — Yea
Adams — Yea
Garcia — Not Voting
Plescia — Not Voting
Sharon — Not Voting
Runner — Not Voting
Soto — Not Voting
Price — Not Voting
Carter — Yea
Cook — Yea
Berg — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Horton — Yea
Houston — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Keene — Yea
La — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Maze — Yea
Nakanishi — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Parra — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Spitzer — Yea
Coto — Yea
Charles — Not Voting
Hayashi — Yea
Dymally — Not Voting
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nava — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Tran — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Bass — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Huff — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torrico — Not Voting
Villines — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
La Malfa — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8000
Total 8000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (8)
Member Party Vote
Aghazarian — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Ma — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Solorio — Yea

Official roll call →

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31008
Democratic 2000
Total 33008
% of votes cast 80%0%0%20%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Wyland — Yea
Cogdill — Not Voting
Harman — Yea
Ackerman — Yea
Hollingsworth — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Yee — Yea
Kuehl — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Machado — Yea
Margett — Yea
McClintock — Yea
Migden — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Perata — Yea
Runner — Yea
Scott — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Battin — Not Voting
Vincent — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Dutton — Not Voting
Romero — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Aanestad — Not Voting
Ashburn — Not Voting
McLeod — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
Denham — Not Voting
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Passed 61 Yea · 16 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 541507
Democratic 5001
Republican 2100
Total 611608
% of votes cast 72%19%0%9%
How each member voted (85)
Member Party Vote
Hancock — Yea
Aghazarian — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cook — Yea
Berg — Yea
Charles — Yea
Evans — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Dymally — Yea
Horton — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Keene — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Nakanishi — Yea
Parra — Yea
Plescia — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Huff — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Leno — Yea
Levine — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Price — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Berryhill — Nay
Gaines — Nay
La — Nay
Malfa — Nay
Maze — Nay
Houston — Not Voting
Sharon — Not Voting
Runner — Not Voting
Soto — Not Voting
Spitzer — Not Voting
Duvall — Not Voting
Fuller — Nay
Garrick — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Silva — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Nay
Walters — Nay
Adams — Nay
Bass — Yea
Beall — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Nava — Yea
Ruskin — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Tran — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Coto — Yea
Eng — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Richardson, Laura Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 8 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7100
Democratic 1000
Total 8100
% of votes cast 89%11%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Aghazarian — Yea
Berg — Yea
Keene — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9001
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 11001
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Davis — Yea
Dymally — Yea
Keene — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Bass — Not Voting
Blakeslee — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Levine — Yea
Tran — Yea
Richardson, Laura Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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AB 837 is sponsored by Feuer.
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