---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weapons: manufacture, import, and sale."
description: "Weapons: manufacture, import, and sale."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2351"
citation: "California AB 2351 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Weapons: manufacture", "import", "and sale."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zettel"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/065ab441-bb60-4dac-8eed-07d06728f201"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2351"
source_hash: "d95d35cf96363e67734df9739f4ea9d2031d164290b0c8ca28117a32217b8328"
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 2351 (19992000) — Weapons: manufacture, import, and sale.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2351&version=19990AB235199INT)
2. **04/05/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2351&version=19990AB235198AMD)
3. **06/01/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2351&version=19990AB235197AMD)
4. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2351&version=19990AB235196AMD)
5. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2351&version=19990AB235194CHP)
6. **AB2351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2351)
7. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2351&version=19990AB235195ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2351 ZETTEL SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2351 Zettel By Peace — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zettel — primary (person)
- Peace — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 967, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 9030.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6356.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-23** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2000-06-22** To inactive file on motion of Senator Peace.
- **2000-06-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** 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`
- **2000-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 6187.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-05** 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`
- **2000-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2000-02-24** 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/065ab441-bb60-4dac-8eed-07d06728f201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).