---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "Firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1587"
citation: "California AB 1587 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/393058a9-c636-4bb2-a9d1-692e863fab66"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587"
source_hash: "c24e711de4288d60ea8234bee89eaf23b0cba687b5f4ed01b354fc9f39b3d559"
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 1587 (19992000) — Firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587&version=19990AB158799INT)
2. **04/22/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587&version=19990AB158798AMD)
3. **05/24/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587&version=19990AB158797AMD)
4. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587&version=19990AB158796AMD)
5. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587&version=19990AB158795AMD)
6. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587&version=19990AB158794AMD)
7. **08/18/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587&version=19990AB158793AMD)
8. **08/31/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587&version=19990AB158792AMD)
9. **09/29/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587&version=19990AB158789CHP)
10. **AB1587** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587)
11. **09/08/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1587&version=19990AB158790ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1587 SCOTT 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1587 SCOTT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #29 AB1587 Scott By Johnston — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)
- Aroner — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 578, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 3. Page 4070.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-07** From Special Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **1999-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2909.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-30** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-24** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2161.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/393058a9-c636-4bb2-a9d1-692e863fab66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).