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CA AB 1127

enacted

Firearms: converter pistols.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1127 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1127 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 572, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1127 about?

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. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "machinegun" to mean, among other definitions, any weapon that shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. This bill would, on and after July 1, 2026, prohibit a licensed firearms dealer to sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistol, except as specified. For these purposes, the bill would define "machinegun-convertible pistol" as any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with common household tools into a machinegun by the installation or attachment of a pistol converter, as specified, and "pistol converter" as any device or instrument that, when installed in or attached to the rear of the slide of a semiautomatic pistol, replaces the backplate and interferes with the trigger mechanism and thereby enables the pistol to shoot automatically more than one shot by a single function of the trigger. The bill would make a violation of these provisions punishable by a fine, a 2nd violation punishable by a fine that may result in a suspension or revocation of the dealer's license and removal from certain centralized lists maintained by the Department of Justice, and a 3rd violation punishable as a misdemeanor that shall result in the revocation of the dealer's license and removal from certain centralized lists. Existing law prohibits the manufacture, sale, possession, or transportation of a machinegun, except as authorized. A violation of these prohibitions is punishable as a felony. This bill would expand the above definition of "machinegun" to include any machinegun-convertible pistol equipped with a pistol converter and, thus, prohibit the manufacture, sale, possession, or transportation of a machinegun-convertible pistol equipped with a pistol converter. Existing law, subject to certain exceptions, generally makes it an offense to manufacture or sell an unsafe handgun, as defined, and requires the Department of Justice to compile a roster listing all of the handguns that have been tested and determined not to be unsafe handguns. Existing law establishes criteria for determining if a handgun is an unsafe handgun, including, for firearms manufactured after a certain date and not already listed on the roster, the lack of a chamber load indicator and a magazine disconnect mechanism. For any pistol listed on the roster on January 1, 2026, that was not subject to the above-described requirements to be on the list because it was submitted for testing before specified dates, that is thereafter only modified to change the design features that brought the pistol within the definition of a machinegun-convertible pistol, and that is submitted to an independent certified laboratory for testing pursuant to the above-described testing provisions before January 1, 2027, this bill would authorize that pistol to be submitted for testing and added to the roster without meeting those requirements. This bill would make these provisions severable. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3273.50 of the Civil Code proposed by AB 1263 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1263 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. By creating a new crime and expanding the application of an existing crime, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 1127?

Gabriel is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1127, joined by 16 cosponsors.

Description

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. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "machinegun" to mean, among other definitions, any weapon that shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. This bill would, on and after July 1, 2026, prohibit a licensed firearms dealer to sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistol, except as specified. For these purposes, the bill would define "machinegun-convertible pistol" as any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with common household tools into a machinegun by the installation or attachment of a pistol converter, as specified, and "pistol converter" as any device or instrument that, when installed in or attached to the rear of the slide of a semiautomatic pistol, replaces the backplate and interferes with the trigger mechanism and thereby enables the pistol to shoot automatically more than one shot by a single function of the trigger. The bill would make a violation of these provisions punishable by a fine, a 2nd violation punishable by a fine that may result in a suspension or revocation of the dealer's license and removal from certain centralized lists maintained by the Department of Justice, and a 3rd violation punishable as a misdemeanor that shall result in the revocation of the dealer's license and removal from certain centralized lists. Existing law prohibits the manufacture, sale, possession, or transportation of a machinegun, except as authorized. A violation of these prohibitions is punishable as a felony. This bill would expand the above definition of "machinegun" to include any machinegun-convertible pistol equipped with a pistol converter and, thus, prohibit the manufacture, sale, possession, or transportation of a machinegun-convertible pistol equipped with a pistol converter. Existing law, subject to certain exceptions, generally makes it an offense to manufacture or sell an unsafe handgun, as defined, and requires the Department of Justice to compile a roster listing all of the handguns that have been tested and determined not to be unsafe handguns. Existing law establishes criteria for determining if a handgun is an unsafe handgun, including, for firearms manufactured after a certain date and not already listed on the roster, the lack of a chamber load indicator and a magazine disconnect mechanism. For any pistol listed on the roster on January 1, 2026, that was not subject to the above-described requirements to be on the list because it was submitted for testing before specified dates, that is thereafter only modified to change the design features that brought the pistol within the definition of a machinegun-convertible pistol, and that is submitted to an independent certified laboratory for testing pursuant to the above-described testing provisions before January 1, 2027, this bill would authorize that pistol to be submitted for testing and added to the roster without meeting those requirements. This bill would make these provisions severable. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3273.50 of the Civil Code proposed by AB 1263 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1263 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. By creating a new crime and expanding the application of an existing crime, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2025-03-28
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 572, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Gabrielauthor
  • Stefaniauthor
  • Gipsonprincipal coauthor
  • Wicksprincipal coauthor
  • Bauer-Kahancoauthor
  • Bermancoauthor
  • Bryancoauthor
  • Connollycoauthor
  • Mark Gonzálezcoauthor
  • Hartcoauthor
  • Kalracoauthor
  • Ortegacoauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor
  • Petrie-Norriscoauthor
  • Quirk-Silvacoauthor
  • Blakespearcoauthor
  • Limóncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  3. 2025-03-28

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

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  4. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.

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  5. 2025-04-01

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  6. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 8).

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  7. 2025-04-10

    Read second time and amended.

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  8. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-04-22

    Coauthors revised.

  11. 2025-05-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).

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  13. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 1988.)

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  15. 2025-06-04

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

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  16. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.

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  17. 2025-06-19

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

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  18. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 1).

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  19. 2025-07-03

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  20. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  22. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  23. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  24. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  25. 2025-09-09

    Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)

  26. 2025-09-09

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  27. 2025-09-10

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  28. 2025-09-12

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2964.).

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  29. 2025-09-13

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 16. Page 3506.).

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  30. 2025-09-13

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3484.)

  31. 2025-09-13

    Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)

  32. 2025-09-13

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  33. 2025-09-24

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

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  34. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  35. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 572, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 06/19/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-19Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/09/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-09Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • AB1127Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-08 · pass · 7-1

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lackey: no
    • Alanis: other

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

    2025-04-22 · pass · 9-2

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Dixon: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 1127 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 58-17

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Berman: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Davies: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Flora: no
    • Chen: no
    • Lackey: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Alanis: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Ta: other
    • Soria: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-07-01 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Caballero: other

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

    2025-07-15 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Niello: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB1127 Gabriel et al. By Blakespear

    2025-09-12 · pass · 29-9

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McGuire: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Niello: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Jones: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Grove: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Choi: other
    • Gonzalez: other

  • AB 1127 GABRIEL Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-13 · pass · 54-16

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Chen: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Bonta: other
    • McKinnor: other
    • Lee: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Flora: other
    • Garcia: other
    • Ta: other

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