---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "Firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 202"
citation: "California AB 202 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knox"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-01-21"
last_action: "1999-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f44993-ddbf-4a10-ad8a-3acc706fef6b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB202"
source_hash: "142373705dcbdcd98a4289e0e9377cd2cfe76c5c33e796e194750e6909d1a31d"
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 202 (19992000) — Firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/21/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB202&version=19990AB20299INT)
2. **03/08/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB202&version=19990AB20298AMD)
3. **03/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB202&version=19990AB20297AMD)
4. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB202&version=19990AB20296AMD)
5. **07/19/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB202&version=19990AB20294CHP)
6. **AB202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB202)
7. **07/01/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB202&version=19990AB20295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 202 KNOX THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB202 Knox By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB202 Knox Amend by Haynes Lay on the Table — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knox — primary (person)
- Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — principal coauthor (person)
- Wesson — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 2030.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 30. Page 1241.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (March 24). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-10** 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`
- **1999-03-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-08** 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`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **1999-01-21** 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/a0f44993-ddbf-4a10-ad8a-3acc706fef6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).