republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-703.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officers: firearms."
description: "(1) Existing law requires a retired peace officer who was authorized to, and did, carry a firearm during the course and scope of employment as a peace officer to have an endorsement on his or her identification certificate stating that the issuing agency approves of the officer's carrying of a concealed and loaded firearm. Existing law provides that a retired peace officer may have the privilege to carry a concealed and loaded firearm revoked or denied by violating any departmental rule, or state or federal law that, if violated by an officer on active duty, would result in that officer's arrest, suspension, or removal from the agency. Existing law permits an identification certificate authorizing the officer to carry a concealed and loaded firearm or an endorsement on the certificate to be immediately and temporarily revoked by the issuing agency when the conduct of a retired peace officer compromises public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 703"
citation: "California AB 703 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace officers: firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/036490c7-0774-4712-b66d-0c37f2df2dd0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB703"
source_hash: "e3a80b085a774b9d121d8be12a827cea62e95d8a6dbe2242d87f9fd096cd3ee5"
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 703 (20132014) — Peace officers: firearms.

(1) Existing law requires a retired peace officer who was authorized to, and did, carry a firearm during the course and scope of employment as a peace officer to have an endorsement on his or her identification certificate stating that the issuing agency approves of the officer's carrying of a concealed and loaded firearm. Existing law provides that a retired peace officer may have the privilege to carry a concealed and loaded firearm revoked or denied by violating any departmental rule, or state or federal law that, if violated by an officer on active duty, would result in that officer's arrest, suspension, or removal from the agency. Existing law permits an identification certificate authorizing the officer to carry a concealed and loaded firearm or an endorsement on the certificate to be immediately and temporarily revoked by the issuing agency when the conduct of a retired peace officer compromises public safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB703&version=20130AB70399INT)
2. **03/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB703&version=20130AB70398AMD)
3. **04/02/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB703&version=20130AB70397AMD)
4. **05/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB703&version=20130AB70396AMD)
5. **06/25/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB703&version=20130AB70395AMD)
6. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB703&version=20130AB70393CHP)
7. **AB703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB703)
8. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB703&version=20130AB70394ENR)

## Votes

- Be referred to Committee on Public Safety. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 703 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 703 HALL Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB703 Hall By Knight — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1569.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1888.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2654.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 267, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/036490c7-0774-4712-b66d-0c37f2df2dd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).