republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-857.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: identifying information."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to assign a distinguishing number or mark of identification to any firearm whenever the firearm lacks a manufacturer's number or other mark of identification, or whenever the manufacturer's number or other mark of identification or distinguishing number or mark assigned by the department has been destroyed or obliterated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 857"
citation: "California AB 857 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: identifying information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 38
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27dddd72-455d-42cb-bf32-f36b09561e6c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857"
source_hash: "29066f43d18767e6b3e6358f2e1a0afbdb82e2fc8dedcef499969a79b7795cab"
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 857 (20152016) — Firearms: identifying information.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to assign a distinguishing number or mark of identification to any firearm whenever the firearm lacks a manufacturer's number or other mark of identification, or whenever the manufacturer's number or other mark of identification or distinguishing number or mark assigned by the department has been destroyed or obliterated.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85799INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85798AMD)
3. **04/15/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85797AMD)
4. **05/04/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85792AMD)
5. **05/05/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85796AMD)
6. **05/11/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85791AMD)
7. **06/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85795AMD)
8. **06/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85794AMD)
9. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85789CHP)
10. **08/18/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85793AMD)
11. **AB857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857)
12. **07/13/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB857&version=20150AB85790ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 857 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 857 COOPER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **50–26** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **2–5** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB857 Cooper By Jackson — **24–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)
- De León — principal coauthor (person)
- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-15** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1718.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E.Q. `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 T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-24** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-27** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2016-04-25** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** 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`
- **2016-05-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 3903.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 5592.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 60, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27dddd72-455d-42cb-bf32-f36b09561e6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).