---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: gun show promoters."
description: "Firearms: gun show promoters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 295"
citation: "California AB 295 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: gun show promoters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-08"
last_action: "1999-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbb992ed-03b2-4ce4-959a-1f4938c0e788"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295"
source_hash: "c2f8506820896711b1261e90abf03180e5d89df8758d93a6c226004ae3fab9f8"
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 295 (19992000) — Firearms: gun show promoters.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295&version=19990AB29599INT)
2. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295&version=19990AB29598AMD)
3. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295&version=19990AB29597AMD)
4. **05/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295&version=19990AB29596AMD)
5. **06/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295&version=19990AB29595AMD)
6. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295&version=19990AB29594AMD)
7. **08/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295&version=19990AB29593AMD)
8. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295&version=19990AB29592AMD)
9. **08/30/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295&version=19990AB29590CHP)
10. **AB295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295)
11. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB295&version=19990AB29591ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 295 CORBETT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 295 CORBETT CONCURRENCE W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB295 Corbett By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Baca — principal coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Hughes — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Peace — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Rainey — coauthor (person)
- Romero — principal coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Villaraigosa — principal coauthor (person)
- Vincent — coauthor (person)
- Wright — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 67. Noes 10. Page 3489.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 2651.) `reading-3, passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by 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** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-24** 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`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 22. Page 2146.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (May 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** 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`
- **1999-04-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **1999-02-08** 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/cbb992ed-03b2-4ce4-959a-1f4938c0e788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).