republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-202.md

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Bill	Firearms.	Firearms.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 202	California AB 202 (19992000)	bill	Firearms.	enacted	Knox	7	22	7	1999-01-21	1999-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/a0f44993-ddbf-4a10-ad8a-3acc706fef6b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB202	142373705dcbdcd98a4289e0e9377cd2cfe76c5c33e796e194750e6909d1a31d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 202 (19992000) — Firearms.

Version chain

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

1. 01/21/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/08/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/10/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/06/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/19/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB202 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/01/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 202 KNOX THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB202 Knox By Perata — pass (pass) · upper
• AB202 Knox Amend by Haynes Lay on the Table — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Knox — primary (person)
• Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Shelley — coauthor (person)
• Steinberg — principal coauthor (person)
• Wesson — coauthor (person)
• Wiggins — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-07-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-07-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-07-06 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
• 1999-07-01 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 1999-07-01 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 2030.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-06-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-06-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 1999-06-08 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-04-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 1999-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-04-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 30. Page 1241.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-04-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (March 24). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 1999-03-17 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-03-11 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 1999-03-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-03-09 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 1999-03-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-02-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 1999-01-22 From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
• 1999-01-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0f44993-ddbf-4a10-ad8a-3acc706fef6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).