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type: "Bill"
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title: "Laser pointers: prohibitions on sale, possession, and use."
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description: "Laser pointers: prohibitions on sale, possession, and use."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "19992000"
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identifier: "AB 293"
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citation: "California AB 293 (19992000)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Laser pointers: prohibitions on sale", "possession", "and use."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "1999-02-08"
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last_action: "1999-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaafecf0-86b4-45bd-898f-de5d23eeb6a7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293"
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source_hash: "1ebec670af365a19578106ef80f8bdcffa022f91243048a83f8cf17400d8dc89"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 293 (19992000) — Laser pointers: prohibitions on sale, possession, and use.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/08/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293&version=19990AB29399INT)
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2. **03/16/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293&version=19990AB29398AMD)
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3. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293&version=19990AB29397AMD)
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4. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293&version=19990AB29396AMD)
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5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293&version=19990AB29395AMD)
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6. **08/31/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293&version=19990AB29394AMD)
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7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293&version=19990AB29392CHP)
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8. **AB293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293)
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9. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB293&version=19990AB29393ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 293 WESSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 293 WESSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB293 Wesson By Solis — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wesson — primary (person)
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- Baca — coauthor (person)
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- Havice — coauthor (person)
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- O'Connell — coauthor (person)
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- Solis — coauthor (person)
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- Washington — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 621, Statutes of 1999.
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- **1999-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **1999-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 4188.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **1999-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **1999-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 2858.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **1999-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **1999-08-31** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **1999-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **1999-08-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **1999-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
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- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 10. Page 1749.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **1999-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **1999-04-15** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **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`
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- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **1999-03-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **1999-03-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **1999-02-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
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- **1999-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
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- **1999-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaafecf0-86b4-45bd-898f-de5d23eeb6a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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