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Bill	Firearms: concealed carry license.	Existing law authorizes specified local law enforcement agencies to issue to an applicant a license to carry a concealed firearm if certain requirements are met, including, among others, that the applicant has good cause for the license. Existing law requires an applicant for a license or a renewal of a license to pay a fee to the Department of Justice, as specified, to cover costs associated with background reports. Existing law allows the licensing authority of any city, city and county, or county to charge an additional fee for a new license in an amount equal to the actual costs for processing the application for a new license. Under existing law, that additional fee may not exceed $100.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1297	California AB 1297 (20192020)	bill	Firearms: concealed carry license.	enacted	McCarty	4	17	4	2019-02-22	2019-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/395787ab-bc85-4c1d-823a-d2775c111c03	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1297	c65100c23afe43fc4a5d0bfb2400aeb11c793a5a15fe68463c574fae8c99ef85	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1297 (20192020) — Firearms: concealed carry license.

Existing law authorizes specified local law enforcement agencies to issue to an applicant a license to carry a concealed firearm if certain requirements are met, including, among others, that the applicant has good cause for the license. Existing law requires an applicant for a license or a renewal of a license to pay a fee to the Department of Justice, as specified, to cover costs associated with background reports. Existing law allows the licensing authority of any city, city and county, or county to charge an additional fee for a new license in an amount equal to the actual costs for processing the application for a new license. Under existing law, that additional fee may not exceed $100.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/11/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1297 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/12/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1297 McCarty By Skinner — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• AB 1297 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — 48–21 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 21. Page 1614.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2692.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2019-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 732, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/395787ab-bc85-4c1d-823a-d2775c111c03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).