republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-950.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: gun violence restraining orders."
description: "Existing law allows an immediate family member or a law enforcement officer to request a court to issue a gun violence restraining order to enjoin a person from owning or possessing a firearm or ammunition for a period of one year upon a showing that the person poses a significant danger of personal injury to himself, herself, or another and that a gun violence restraining order is necessary to prevent that injury. Existing law requires a person who is subject to a gun violence restraining order to surrender his or her firearms and ammunition immediately upon request of any law enforcement officer. If no request is made, existing law requires the person to surrender his or her firearms or ammunition to a local law enforcement agency or to sell his or her firearms or ammunition to a licensed firearms dealer within 24 hours."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 950"
citation: "California AB 950 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: gun violence restraining orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melendez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/972c41a1-c281-4419-aba5-67b14c273eb1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB950"
source_hash: "166f8eaf9a8e3d73c628c1d47a0e2bfb54df8432e972aa9e28bb5164ff16a10d"
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 950 (20152016) — Firearms: gun violence restraining orders.

Existing law allows an immediate family member or a law enforcement officer to request a court to issue a gun violence restraining order to enjoin a person from owning or possessing a firearm or ammunition for a period of one year upon a showing that the person poses a significant danger of personal injury to himself, herself, or another and that a gun violence restraining order is necessary to prevent that injury. Existing law requires a person who is subject to a gun violence restraining order to surrender his or her firearms and ammunition immediately upon request of any law enforcement officer. If no request is made, existing law requires the person to surrender his or her firearms or ammunition to a local law enforcement agency or to sell his or her firearms or ammunition to a licensed firearms dealer within 24 hours.

## 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=201520160AB950&version=20150AB95099INT)
2. **06/30/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB950&version=20150AB95098AMD)
3. **08/13/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB950&version=20150AB95096CHP)
4. **AB950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB950)
5. **07/13/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB950&version=20150AB95097ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #4 AB950 Melendez By Pan — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 950 MELENDEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 950 MELENDEZ 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

- Melendez — primary (person)
- Pan — 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.
- **2015-03-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1225.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1790.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2314.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 205, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/972c41a1-c281-4419-aba5-67b14c273eb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).