republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1134.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: concealed firearm licenses."
description: "Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department, upon proof that the person applying is of good moral character, that good cause exists, and that the person applying satisfies certain conditions, to issue a license for the person to carry a concealed handgun, as specified. Existing law provides that the chief or other head of a municipal police department is not precluded from entering an agreement with the sheriff of the county in which the city is located for the sheriff to process all applications for licenses for a person to carry a concealed handgun, renewals of those licenses, and amendments to those licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1134"
citation: "California AB 1134 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: concealed firearm licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc4fc92b-4273-4475-9fd2-2e6e7d625398"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1134"
source_hash: "e5e0ca2638738c3338b2ea9c803037293554ea89333cbf1cc200f9ed4ec1d9db"
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 1134 (20152016) — Firearms: concealed firearm licenses.

Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department, upon proof that the person applying is of good moral character, that good cause exists, and that the person applying satisfies certain conditions, to issue a license for the person to carry a concealed handgun, as specified. Existing law provides that the chief or other head of a municipal police department is not precluded from entering an agreement with the sheriff of the county in which the city is located for the sheriff to process all applications for licenses for a person to carry a concealed handgun, renewals of those licenses, and amendments to those licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1134&version=20150AB113499INT)
2. **06/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1134&version=20150AB113498AMD)
3. **08/18/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1134&version=20150AB113497AMD)
4. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1134&version=20150AB113495CHP)
5. **AB1134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1134)
6. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1134&version=20150AB113496ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1134 STONE Assembly Third Reading — **51–26** (pass) · lower
- AB 1134 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **49–30** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1134 Mark Stone By Lara — **23–16** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 970.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 16. Page 2389.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 30. Page 2912.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 785, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc4fc92b-4273-4475-9fd2-2e6e7d625398`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).