---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "Firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2695"
citation: "California AB 2695 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oropeza"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-22"
last_action: "2002-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39da167c-cf16-4ea5-82f4-bf973e348e5b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2695"
source_hash: "06544275d297ab4d61717fde6b499b19f54a7901f22ed91eb1015fea5703a802"
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 2695 (20012002) — Firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2695&version=20010AB269599INT)
2. **04/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2695&version=20010AB269598AMD)
3. **04/25/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2695&version=20010AB269597AMD)
4. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2695&version=20010AB269596AMD)
5. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2695&version=20010AB269595AMD)
6. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2695&version=20010AB269594AMD)
7. **09/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2695&version=20010AB269592CHP)
8. **AB2695** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2695)
9. **08/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2695&version=20010AB269593ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2695 Oropeza Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2695 Oropeza By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2695 Oropeza Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oropeza — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — principal coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 830, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 66. Noes 6. Page 8014.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 4. Page 5592.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 6636.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 3.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39da167c-cf16-4ea5-82f4-bf973e348e5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).