republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-293.md

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Bill	Laser pointers: prohibitions on sale, possession, and use.	Laser pointers: prohibitions on sale, possession, and use.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 293	California AB 293 (19992000)	bill	Laser pointers: prohibitions on sale possession and use.	enacted	Wesson	9	29	6	1999-02-08	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/eaafecf0-86b4-45bd-898f-de5d23eeb6a7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293	1ebec670af365a19578106ef80f8bdcffa022f91243048a83f8cf17400d8dc89	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 293 (19992000) — Laser pointers: prohibitions on sale, possession, and use.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/05/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/15/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB293 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/09/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 293 WESSON THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 293 WESSON CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB293 Wesson By Solis — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wesson — primary (person)
• Baca — coauthor (person)
• Havice — coauthor (person)
• O'Connell — coauthor (person)
• Solis — coauthor (person)
• Washington — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 621, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-17 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 1999-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 4188.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 1999-09-02 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 2858.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-31 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 1999-08-24 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 1999-08-17 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-08-16 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-06-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-05-26 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 1999-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-05-20 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 10. Page 1749.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-05-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 1999-04-22 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-04-15 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-04-06 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 1999-04-05 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
• 1999-03-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-03-17 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 1999-03-16 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
• 1999-02-19 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 1999-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 1999-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eaafecf0-86b4-45bd-898f-de5d23eeb6a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).