republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2510.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: license to carry concealed: uniform license."
description: "Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county or a chief or other head of a municipal police department of a city or a city and county to issue a license to carry a concealed firearm upon proof that the person applying for the license is of good moral character, that good cause exists for the issuance, that the applicant satisfies specified residency requirements, and that the applicant has completed a course of specified training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2510"
citation: "California AB 2510 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: license to carry concealed: uniform license."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linder"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4af829a-41b1-48f5-9556-4a502adc2466"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2510"
source_hash: "b00d0e0c68fbd6fc0111ca4e13987d7440d46e9a518e3c058a4fc42a1881f6f0"
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 2510 (20152016) — Firearms: license to carry concealed: uniform license.

Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county or a chief or other head of a municipal police department of a city or a city and county to issue a license to carry a concealed firearm upon proof that the person applying for the license is of good moral character, that good cause exists for the issuance, that the applicant satisfies specified residency requirements, and that the applicant has completed a course of specified training.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2510&version=20150AB251099INT)
2. **08/08/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2510&version=20150AB251098AMD)
3. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2510&version=20150AB251096CHP)
4. **AB2510** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2510)
5. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2510&version=20150AB251097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2510 LINDER Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2510 Linder By Glazer — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2510 LINDER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4775.) `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`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4988.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6046.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-29** 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 645, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4af829a-41b1-48f5-9556-4a502adc2466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).