---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transit: public transit facilities."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from knowingly possessing specified weapons and other items within any sterile area, as defined, of an airport or passenger vessel terminal, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2324"
citation: "California AB 2324 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transit: public transit facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Perez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8deb2e0f-6292-46b9-b031-571a3d33c741"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2324"
source_hash: "a6a56272e26be3eff0c3e419cfa0cfa985a33405703dc5b81c1aeafa51fa6c0b"
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 2324 (20092010) — Transit: public transit facilities.

Existing law prohibits a person from knowingly possessing specified weapons and other items within any sterile area, as defined, of an airport or passenger vessel terminal, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2324&version=20090AB232499INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2324&version=20090AB232498AMD)
3. **05/04/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2324&version=20090AB232497AMD)
4. **05/10/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2324&version=20090AB232496AMD)
5. **06/10/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2324&version=20090AB232495AMD)
6. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2324&version=20090AB232494AMD)
7. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2324&version=20090AB232492CHP)
8. **AB2324** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2324)
9. **09/08/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2324&version=20090AB232493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2324 PEREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2324 John A. Perez By Leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2324 PEREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Perez — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Huber — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-10** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5083.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5131.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-10** 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. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4863.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6707.)
- **2010-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6788.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 675, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8deb2e0f-6292-46b9-b031-571a3d33c741`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).