---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "Firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 491"
citation: "California AB 491 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2ffe764-19cf-4b7b-8dfd-1b6550d44f50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491"
source_hash: "4c27bd45a54ca07eb481224dc184d8b3a096b17a679be988de770fed9544cca7"
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 491 (19992000) — Firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49199INT)
2. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49198AMD)
3. **06/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49197AMD)
4. **06/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49196AMD)
5. **07/06/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49195AMD)
6. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49194AMD)
7. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49193AMD)
8. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49192AMD)
9. **09/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49191AMD)
10. **09/29/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49189CHP)
11. **AB491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491)
12. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB491&version=19990AB49190ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 491 SCOTT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB491 Scott By Schiff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 491 SCOTT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Schiff — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Wildman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 571, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 26. Page 4185.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 2964.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-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`
- **1999-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-15** 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 43. Noes 27. Page 2175.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (April 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** 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`
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **1999-02-18** 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/e2ffe764-19cf-4b7b-8dfd-1b6550d44f50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).