---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: license to carry."
description: "Firearms: license to carry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 719"
citation: "California AB 719 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: license to carry."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "2000-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0c6f746-edb6-4a93-8140-6124fd4e1423"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB719"
source_hash: "9dc6e49739444aaa5f978161d85013efc0d314f59349f8335122ba7f91d90198"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 719 (19992000) — Firearms: license to carry.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB719&version=19990AB71999INT)
2. **01/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB719&version=19990AB71998AMD)
3. **01/14/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB719&version=19990AB71997AMD)
4. **05/23/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB719&version=19990AB71996AMD)
5. **07/10/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB719&version=19990AB71994CHP)
6. **AB719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB719)
7. **06/29/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB719&version=19990AB71995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 719 BRIGGS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 719 BRIGGS CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB719 Briggs — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 123, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 7419.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-05-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4797.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-23** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4884.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-01-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0c6f746-edb6-4a93-8140-6124fd4e1423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).