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Bill	Private Investigator Act: firearms qualification.	The Private Investigator Act provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators and the Private Security Services Act provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the provision of private security services by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The Private Investigator Act requires a licensee or qualified manager who carries or uses a firearm or who possesses a valid firearms qualification card to comply with certain provisions relating to firearms that are specified in the Private Security Services Act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1217	California SB 1217 (20172018)	bill	Private Investigator Act: firearms qualification.	enacted	Morrell	8	25	6	2018-02-15	2018-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/8c9db146-d7f7-4f9b-8d72-3410e1d833ed	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1217	358a16c5505770aaab7731b6f9b649f3e49a2ebe474c014b69e134c24b912a14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1217 (20172018) — Private Investigator Act: firearms qualification.

The Private Investigator Act provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators and the Private Security Services Act provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the provision of private security services by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The Private Investigator Act requires a licensee or qualified manager who carries or uses a firearm or who possesses a valid firearms qualification card to comply with certain provisions relating to firearms that are specified in the Private Security Services Act.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/05/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/26/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1217 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/21/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1217 Morrell Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar SB1217 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1217 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Morrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4783.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-05-14 Set for hearing May 22.
• 2018-05-22 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4359.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-11 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-07-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6312.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-20 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5427.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 791, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c9db146-d7f7-4f9b-8d72-3410e1d833ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).