--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms: securing handguns in vehicles." description: "Existing law prohibits a person who is 18 years of age or older, and who is the owner, lessee, renter, or other legal occupant of a residence, who owns a firearm and who knows or has reason to know that another person also residing there is prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm from keeping a firearm in that residence, unless the firearm is secured, as specified. A violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 869" citation: "California SB 869 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms: securing handguns in vehicles."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hill"] version_count: 8 action_count: 25 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2016-01-12" last_action: "2016-09-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69ebcc9c-a62c-4da6-b9f6-83e42f4894a1" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB869" source_hash: "9a3dbb369188a173deb4356efea3530899957bedfccabbba6212b7e09f2056a6" 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 SB 869 (20152016) — Firearms: securing handguns in vehicles. Existing law prohibits a person who is 18 years of age or older, and who is the owner, lessee, renter, or other legal occupant of a residence, who owns a firearm and who knows or has reason to know that another person also residing there is prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm from keeping a firearm in that residence, unless the firearm is secured, as specified. A violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/12/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB869&version=20150SB86999INT) 2. **03/30/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB869&version=20150SB86998AMD) 3. **05/03/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB869&version=20150SB86997AMD) 4. **05/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB869&version=20150SB86996AMD) 5. **08/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB869&version=20150SB86995AMD) 6. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB869&version=20150SB86993CHP) 7. **SB869** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB869) 8. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB869&version=20150SB86994ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading — **25–13** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **13–5** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB869 Hill Concurrence — **27–12** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower - SB 869 Hill Senate Third Reading By CHIU — **61–17** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hill — primary (person) - Chiu — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-01-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2016-01-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 12. - **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-15** Set for hearing March 29. - **2016-03-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3313.) (March 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2016-03-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 11. - **2016-04-11** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2016-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 3535.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2016-05-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-05-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-11** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-11** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 5881.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 5325.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m. - **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 651, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69ebcc9c-a62c-4da6-b9f6-83e42f4894a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).