---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: ballistic testing."
description: "Firearms: ballistic testing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1717"
citation: "California AB 1717 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: ballistic testing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-01-03"
last_action: "2000-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90ebae75-3aee-47ec-b92a-c3a4fcdfe047"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1717"
source_hash: "fa2f8caa75c064f87b2c04491c505a4f1e8940ba3a14c3c5bc912354dfd42403"
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 1717 (19992000) — Firearms: ballistic testing.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/03/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1717&version=19990AB171799INT)
2. **02/15/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1717&version=19990AB171798AMD)
3. **02/23/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1717&version=19990AB171797AMD)
4. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1717&version=19990AB171796AMD)
5. **06/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1717&version=19990AB171795AMD)
6. **09/01/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1717&version=19990AB171793CHP)
7. **AB1717** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1717)
8. **08/21/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1717&version=19990AB171794ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1717 MR. SPEAKER CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1717 Hertzberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1717 MR. SPEAKER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — principal coauthor (person)
- Scott — principal coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wildman — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2000-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 62. Noes 13. Page 7987.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 6. Page 5787.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 6900.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-23** 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`
- **2000-02-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-15** 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`
- **2000-01-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
- **2000-01-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90ebae75-3aee-47ec-b92a-c3a4fcdfe047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).