---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confederate flag: sales: government property."
description: "Existing law regulates the sale of certain merchandise, including political items and sports memorabilia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2444"
citation: "California AB 2444 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confederate flag: sales: government property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d136b1a-72b5-4f9c-b1ba-3bd8396e3a6c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2444"
source_hash: "231d5b11cf0821474b5be80a7fb68e2266d7532d9e1623d22feccdadb1123e49"
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 2444 (20132014) — Confederate flag: sales: government property.

Existing law regulates the sale of certain merchandise, including political items and sports memorabilia.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2444&version=20130AB244499INT)
2. **04/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2444&version=20130AB244498AMD)
3. **05/23/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2444&version=20130AB244497AMD)
4. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2444&version=20130AB244496AMD)
5. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2444&version=20130AB244494CHP)
6. **AB2444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2444)
7. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2444&version=20130AB244495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2444 HALL Assembly Third Reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2444 Hall By Mitchell — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2444 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Nestande — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-13** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 4763.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 4553.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 6268.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 538, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d136b1a-72b5-4f9c-b1ba-3bd8396e3a6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).