republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1999.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibited Armed Persons File: initial review."
description: "Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain an online database known as the Prohibited Armed Persons File, sometimes referred to as the Armed Prohibited Persons System, to cross-reference persons who have ownership or possession of a firearm on or after January 1, 1996, and who, subsequent to the date of that ownership or possession of a firearm, fall within a class of persons who are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1999"
citation: "California AB 1999 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prohibited Armed Persons File: initial review."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achadjian"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31953b5a-58c3-4408-a46a-f60512365db7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1999"
source_hash: "cd68a8421b775d72c1bffd98c874a865e694196d2829746dc48717e9c6c70736"
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 1999 (20152016) — Prohibited Armed Persons File: initial review.

Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain an online database known as the Prohibited Armed Persons File, sometimes referred to as the Armed Prohibited Persons System, to cross-reference persons who have ownership or possession of a firearm on or after January 1, 1996, and who, subsequent to the date of that ownership or possession of a firearm, fall within a class of persons who are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1999&version=20150AB199999INT)
2. **03/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1999&version=20150AB199998AMD)
3. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1999&version=20150AB199996CHP)
4. **AB1999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1999)
5. **08/24/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1999&version=20150AB199997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1999 ACHADJIAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1999 Achadjian By Monning — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Achadjian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2016-03-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4787.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5244.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 638, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31953b5a-58c3-4408-a46a-f60512365db7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).