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type: "Bill"
title: "Alarm companies."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of locksmiths and the registration of employees of locksmiths by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law exempts from that regulation and licensure or registration certain individuals and practices, including, among others, a person registered with the bureau as an employee of a repossessor, if the duties of the person that constitute locksmithing are ancillary to the primary duties and functions of the person's position. Existing law, the Alarm Company Act, also provides for the licensure and regulation of alarm company operators and the certification and registration of employees of alarm companies, including alarm agents, by the bureau."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 759"
citation: "California AB 759 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alarm companies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a08770e-9b92-4443-b2da-40391a6d109a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB759"
source_hash: "96ff8d77f0a818001ba25eee441012508d7b61a178546edb6364e6fd0acbbad0"
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 759 (20132014) — Alarm companies.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of locksmiths and the registration of employees of locksmiths by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law exempts from that regulation and licensure or registration certain individuals and practices, including, among others, a person registered with the bureau as an employee of a repossessor, if the duties of the person that constitute locksmithing are ancillary to the primary duties and functions of the person's position. Existing law, the Alarm Company Act, also provides for the licensure and regulation of alarm company operators and the certification and registration of employees of alarm companies, including alarm agents, by the bureau.
## 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=201320140AB759&version=20130AB75999INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB759&version=20130AB75995AMD)
3. **01/14/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB759&version=20130AB75994AMD)
4. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB759&version=20130AB75998AMD)
5. **03/28/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB759&version=20130AB75993AMD)
6. **04/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB759&version=20130AB75997AMD)
7. **05/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB759&version=20130AB75996AMD)
8. **05/13/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB759&version=20130AB75991CHP)
9. **AB759** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB759)
10. **04/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB759&version=20130AB75992ENR)
## Votes
- AB 759 DALY Assembly Third Reading — **692** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **130** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **161** (pass) · lower
- AB 759 DALY Concurrence - Urgency Added — **750** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB759 Daly By Hill Urgency Clause — **330** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Daly — primary (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 B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (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 69. Noes 2. Page 1571.) `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 B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-01-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-01-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3073.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-28** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4636.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-05-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 14, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a08770e-9b92-4443-b2da-40391a6d109a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).