---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: false reports of stolen firearms."
description: "(1) Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to make a false report to a peace officer, or to a person who is employed by a law enforcement agency, as specified, that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed, knowing the report to be false."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1695"
citation: "California AB 1695 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: false reports of stolen firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-01-21"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b781c6d-8975-4617-9686-ffa34ee5334b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1695"
source_hash: "a1d27678d0b9967d521544eca7bb447832fc2ca73fa9b57acfec6689c1ee502d"
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 1695 (20152016) — Firearms: false reports of stolen firearms.

(1) Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to make a false report to a peace officer, or to a person who is employed by a law enforcement agency, as specified, that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed, knowing the report to be false.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/21/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1695&version=20150AB169599INT)
2. **05/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1695&version=20150AB169598AMD)
3. **06/22/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1695&version=20150AB169597AMD)
4. **07/01/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1695&version=20150AB169595CHP)
5. **AB1695** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1695)
6. **07/01/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1695&version=20150AB169596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1695 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **2–5** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1695 Bonta By Jackson — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- AB 1695 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — **51–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **2016-02-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-03-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 5120.)
- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 5137.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 4629.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-06-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5587.)
- **2016-06-30** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5587.)
- **2016-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 5590.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 47, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b781c6d-8975-4617-9686-ffa34ee5334b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).