---
type: "Bill"
title: "Undetectable knives."
description: "Undetectable knives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 352"
citation: "California AB 352 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Undetectable knives."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Runner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2002-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c2f9a5e-6444-41a1-92bd-2c8ba5ccb899"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB352"
source_hash: "4a5e47acf16d216697dd85134759467aa75f7d86214ef2240c9a4661f5badb44"
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 352 (20012002) — Undetectable knives.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB352&version=20010AB35299INT)
2. **01/07/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB352&version=20010AB35297AMD)
3. **03/27/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB352&version=20010AB35298AMD)
4. **06/21/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB352&version=20010AB35295CHP)
5. **AB352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB352)
6. **06/10/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB352&version=20010AB35296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 352 Runner Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB352 Runner — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Runner — primary (person)
- La Suer — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-06-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 58, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-06-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-06-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-06-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4656.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4523.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-07** 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`
- **2001-04-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** 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`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2001-02-16** 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/8c2f9a5e-6444-41a1-92bd-2c8ba5ccb899`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).