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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "Firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 496"
citation: "California AB 496 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koretz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50799153-4d98-40bc-b0c6-1e304adb9714"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB496"
source_hash: "a6bd920250b7311fdcc01e6d0e52baf0af9a59ef6edb410aa7a11d49ed4efe3b"
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 496 (20012002) — Firearms.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB496&version=20010AB49699INT)
2. **04/23/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB496&version=20010AB49697AMD)
3. **08/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB496&version=20010AB49698AMD)
4. **09/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB496&version=20010AB49695CHP)
5. **AB496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB496)
6. **08/27/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB496&version=20010AB49696ENR)
## Votes
- AB 496 Koretz Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 496 Koretz Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 496 Koretz Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 496 Koretz Motion to Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB496 Koretz By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Koretz — primary (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Perata — principal coauthor (person)
- Scott — principal coauthor (person)
- Shelley — author (person)
- Steinberg — author (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2002-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 906, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-27** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 44. Noes 27. Page 8236.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 33. Page 8242.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-24** Motion to reconsider continued until Tuesday, August 27.
- **2002-08-23** Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. (Ayes 36. Noes 31. Page 7982.) Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Koretz. `committee-failure`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 5416.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 13. Page 2132.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50799153-4d98-40bc-b0c6-1e304adb9714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).