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Bill	Firearms.	Existing law, subject to certain exceptions, makes it an offense to carry a concealed handgun on the person or in a vehicle, as specified. Existing law provides that firearms carried openly in belt holsters are not concealed within the meaning of those provisions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 144	California AB 144 (20112012)	bill	Firearms.	enacted	Portantino	6	26	7	2011-01-13	2011-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/f474b900-1478-4d66-ba01-259c111be2e3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB144	cf3dff157998302bdc4546127c2e4aa7933029b0637327f67f157009c59f076e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 144 (20112012) — Firearms.

Existing law, subject to certain exceptions, makes it an offense to carry a concealed handgun on the person or in a vehicle, as specified. Existing law provides that firearms carried openly in belt holsters are not concealed within the meaning of those provisions.

Version chain

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

1. 01/13/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/02/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/09/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB144 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB144 Portantino By De León Reconsider — 15–20 (fail) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB144 Portantino By De León — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• AB 144 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading — 46–29 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 144 PORTANTINO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 48–30 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Portantino — primary (person)
• Ammiano — author (person)
• De León — coauthor (person)
• Huffman — coauthor (person)
• Swanson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-01-14 From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
• 2011-02-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-04-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 29. Page 1389.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-26 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-06-01 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. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-27 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2011-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-30 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator De León.
• 2011-09-02 From inactive file.
• 2011-09-02 Ordered to second reading.
• 2011-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 18. Page 2398.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2011-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 3208.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 725, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f474b900-1478-4d66-ba01-259c111be2e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).