republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-161.md

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Bill	Firearms.	Firearms.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 161	California AB 161 (20032004)	bill appropriation	Firearms.	enacted	Steinberg	5	22	10	2003-01-22	2003-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/5917bb43-8aa3-4aea-b8c8-83e75f5907b7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB161	7f60c1573252a1d63d350ddf88405f87ef556667794062b5086422890f601b2e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 161 (20032004) — Firearms.

Version chain

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

1. 01/22/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/30/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/11/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB161 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/12/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• assembly 3rd reading ab161 steinberg by sher — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 161 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments motion to re-refer to committee by cogdill — fail (fail) · lower
• ab 161 dymally assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steinberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 754, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-19 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2003-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 3887.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-09-11 Motion to re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations made by Assembly Member Cogdill. Motion to re-refer failed. (Ayes 31. Noes 46. Page 3816.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3825.) From committee with recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 8.). referral-committee
• 2003-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 32. Page 3648.) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 3664.)
• 2003-09-08 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 2383.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-07-21 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2003-07-09 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-06-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-05-08 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2003-04-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-04-10 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 31. Page 1026.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-04-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 8.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-02-27 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (February 25). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-01-30 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2003-01-23 From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
• 2003-01-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5917bb43-8aa3-4aea-b8c8-83e75f5907b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).