---
type: "Bill"
title: "Imitation firearms."
description: "Imitation firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2053"
citation: "California AB 2053 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Imitation firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-22"
last_action: "2000-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32d5bf3d-ff7a-4dd7-a534-a61b32be7668"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2053"
source_hash: "80a8d4fa6814d42bbe53a6c99f124c147cc4d126bf2b756f1cd46c79e08b4a09"
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 2053 (19992000) — Imitation firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2053&version=19990AB205399INT)
2. **05/16/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2053&version=19990AB205398AMD)
3. **06/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2053&version=19990AB205397AMD)
4. **07/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2053&version=19990AB205396AMD)
5. **09/01/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2053&version=19990AB205394CHP)
6. **AB2053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2053)
7. **08/21/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2053&version=19990AB205395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2053 WESSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2053 Wesson By Vasconcellos — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2053 WESSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wesson — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Cardenas — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2000-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 13. Page 8040.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 1. Page 5696.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-07-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-07-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-22** 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`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 6509.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-03-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2000-02-22** 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/32d5bf3d-ff7a-4dd7-a534-a61b32be7668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).