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type: "Bill"
title: "Ammunition."
description: "(1) The proposed Safety for All Act of 2016, to be submitted to the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, if enacted would, commencing January 1, 2019, allow any person who is 18 years of age or older to apply to the Department of Justice for an ammunition purchase authorization. The act would allow the sale of ammunition only to persons holding an ammunition purchase authorization or to persons who were approved by the department to receive a firearm from the ammunition vendor if the ammunition is delivered to the person in the same transaction as the firearm. The act would allow the department to charge a fee not to exceed $50 per person for the issuance of an ammunition purchase authorization or the issuance of a renewal authorization. The act would create the Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Special Fund to receive these fees and would continuously appropriate the funds for the purposes of implementing, operating, and enforcing the ammunition authorization program. The act would authorize its provisions to be amended by a statute that is passed by a vote of 55 percent of the Members of each house of the Legislature and signed by the Governor so long as the amendments are consistent with and further the intent of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1235"
citation: "California SB 1235 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Ammunition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82dca6f8-caff-46ca-83b8-dab7240669a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1235"
source_hash: "cc851f9be59acf6070375108f194a332525e7330c41ce0bf494d1d984b811e67"
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 SB 1235 (20152016) — Ammunition.
(1) The proposed Safety for All Act of 2016, to be submitted to the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, if enacted would, commencing January 1, 2019, allow any person who is 18 years of age or older to apply to the Department of Justice for an ammunition purchase authorization. The act would allow the sale of ammunition only to persons holding an ammunition purchase authorization or to persons who were approved by the department to receive a firearm from the ammunition vendor if the ammunition is delivered to the person in the same transaction as the firearm. The act would allow the department to charge a fee not to exceed $50 per person for the issuance of an ammunition purchase authorization or the issuance of a renewal authorization. The act would create the Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Special Fund to receive these fees and would continuously appropriate the funds for the purposes of implementing, operating, and enforcing the ammunition authorization program. The act would authorize its provisions to be amended by a statute that is passed by a vote of 55 percent of the Members of each house of the Legislature and signed by the Governor so long as the amendments are consistent with and further the intent of the act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1235&version=20150SB123599INT)
2. **04/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1235&version=20150SB123598AMD)
3. **04/25/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1235&version=20150SB123597AMD)
4. **05/04/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1235&version=20150SB123596AMD)
5. **05/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1235&version=20150SB123595AMD)
6. **06/22/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1235&version=20150SB123594AMD)
7. **07/01/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1235&version=20150SB123592CHP)
8. **SB1235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1235)
9. **06/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1235&version=20150SB123593ENR)
## Votes
- SB 1235 De León Senate Third Reading By MCCARTY Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By WAGNER — **2950** (fail) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business (Supplemental File 1) SB1235 De León Concurrence — **2314** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · lower
- SB 1235 De León Senate Third Reading By MCCARTY — **4630** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **24** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1235 De León — **2415** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- De León — primary (person)
- McCarty — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3614.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-11** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2016-05-16** Motion to place on APPR. suspense file failed.
- **2016-05-16** (Ayes 2. Noes 4. Page 3888.) (May 16)
- **2016-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3888.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 3899.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-23** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 5473.)
- **2016-06-23** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-06-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 5578.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-06-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 4642.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 55, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82dca6f8-caff-46ca-83b8-dab7240669a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).