---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deadly weapons."
description: "Existing law generally regulates deadly weapons. Existing law, operative January 1, 2012, reorganizes and renumbers sections of the Penal Code relating to deadly weapons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1402"
citation: "California AB 1402 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deadly weapons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Public Safety"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-03-02"
last_action: "2011-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58eed6df-91b5-4fcd-beaa-1babc9bf7912"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1402"
source_hash: "f7a3de809a1b5888c9a63071c050580bfa0775db6d9e92650ca2d39f92b22fcc"
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 1402 (20112012) — Deadly weapons.

Existing law generally regulates deadly weapons. Existing law, operative January 1, 2012, reorganizes and renumbers sections of the Penal Code relating to deadly weapons.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/02/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1402&version=20110AB140299INT)
2. **03/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1402&version=20110AB140298AMD)
3. **06/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1402&version=20110AB140297AMD)
4. **09/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1402&version=20110AB140295CHP)
5. **AB1402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1402)
6. **08/24/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1402&version=20110AB140296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1402 PUB. S. Assembly Third Reading By AMMIANO — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1402 Committee on PUB. S. (Ammiano) By Hancock — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1402 PUB. S. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By AMMIANO — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Safety — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-03** From printer. May be heard in committee April 2.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1125.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 1958.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2498.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 285, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58eed6df-91b5-4fcd-beaa-1babc9bf7912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).