republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1821.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Security personnel: firearm qualification cards."
description: "Existing law, the Private Security Services Act, provides for the registration and regulation of private security personnel by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. Under existing law, a security guard or security patrolperson may not carry or use a firearm unless he or she has a valid registration card and a valid firearm qualification card issued by the bureau. Existing law authorizes a security guard or security patrolperson to perform his or her duties pending receipt of a permanent or replacement registration card as long as he or she carries a hard copy printout of the bureau's approval form from the bureau's Internet Web site and a valid picture identification. Existing law authorizes the bureau to charge a $10 certification fee to provide a replacement certification card."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1821"
citation: "California AB 1821 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Security personnel: firearm qualification cards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-21"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f5cfb0e-3f53-4c4e-b1b1-a771a39ccc4e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1821"
source_hash: "26f263d2c76aaf8eb6a12b28066eab2388e6861559a09a69098263f74440f79b"
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 1821 (20112012) — Security personnel: firearm qualification cards.

Existing law, the Private Security Services Act, provides for the registration and regulation of private security personnel by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. Under existing law, a security guard or security patrolperson may not carry or use a firearm unless he or she has a valid registration card and a valid firearm qualification card issued by the bureau. Existing law authorizes a security guard or security patrolperson to perform his or her duties pending receipt of a permanent or replacement registration card as long as he or she carries a hard copy printout of the bureau's approval form from the bureau's Internet Web site and a valid picture identification. Existing law authorizes the bureau to charge a $10 certification fee to provide a replacement certification card.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1821&version=20110AB182199INT)
2. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1821&version=20110AB182197CHP)
3. **AB1821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1821)
4. **07/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1821&version=20110AB182198ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #14 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1821 HALL Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4675.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-31** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4225.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 117, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f5cfb0e-3f53-4c4e-b1b1-a771a39ccc4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).