---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a person from carrying a concealed firearm or carrying a loaded firearm in public. Existing law authorizes a licensing authority, as specified, if certain requirements and other criteria are met, including, among other things, the applicant has completed a specified course of training, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified. Existing law requires a licensing authority to conduct an investigation to determine whether an applicant can receive or renew a license that includes, among other things, a review of all information provided in the application for a license, and a review of the information in the California Restraining and Protective Order System. Existing law prohibits the licensing authority from issuing a license if, among other things, the applicant has been convicted of contempt of court, has been subject to a restraining order, protective order, or other type of court order, unless that order expired or was vacated or otherwise canceled more than 5 years prior to receipt of the completed application, or, in the 10 years prior to the licensing authority receiving the completed application, has been convicted of specified criminal statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1078"
citation: "California AB 1078 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833e7e53-52e6-4c54-be37-519e872e1ea7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1078"
source_hash: "7b9a404c07d51a05a6c8acfdd23561a5022e186cdfc291e4c435d2a520323b3f"
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 1078 (20252026) — Firearms.

(1) Existing law prohibits a person from carrying a concealed firearm or carrying a loaded firearm in public. Existing law authorizes a licensing authority, as specified, if certain requirements and other criteria are met, including, among other things, the applicant has completed a specified course of training, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified. Existing law requires a licensing authority to conduct an investigation to determine whether an applicant can receive or renew a license that includes, among other things, a review of all information provided in the application for a license, and a review of the information in the California Restraining and Protective Order System. Existing law prohibits the licensing authority from issuing a license if, among other things, the applicant has been convicted of contempt of court, has been subject to a restraining order, protective order, or other type of court order, unless that order expired or was vacated or otherwise canceled more than 5 years prior to receipt of the completed application, or, in the 10 years prior to the licensing authority receiving the completed application, has been convicted of specified criminal statutes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1078&version=20250AB107899INT)
2. **04/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1078&version=20250AB107898AMD)
3. **06/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1078&version=20250AB107897AMD)
4. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1078&version=20250AB107896AMD)
5. **09/04/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1078&version=20250AB107895AMD)
6. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1078&version=20250AB107893CHP)
7. **AB1078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1078)
8. **09/15/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1078&version=20250AB107894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1078 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **57–19** (pass) · lower
- AB 1078 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1078 Berman et al. By Blakespear — **29–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Blakespear — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2025-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2025-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 1875.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2671.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 3284.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 570, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/833e7e53-52e6-4c54-be37-519e872e1ea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).