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Bill	.50 caliber BMG rifles.	.50 caliber BMG rifles.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 50	California AB 50 (20032004)	bill	.50 caliber BMG rifles.	enacted	Koretz	10	30	9	2002-12-02	2004-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/3be22839-8c2b-4949-a94e-dc2cdac97d1c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB50	6506d998ecc5614efa8cafc61faa68c214d8ac0b4af826611e34dd5280ee63f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 50 (20032004) — .50 caliber BMG rifles.

Version chain

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

1. 12/02/02 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/07/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/02/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/02/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/21/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/27/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB50 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/25/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• assembly 3rd reading ab50 koretz by perata — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 50 koretz assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 50 koretz concurrence in senate amendments by ridley-thomas — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — fail (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Koretz — primary (person)
• Chu — coauthor (person)
• Goldberg — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Kehoe — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Lieber — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Perata — coauthor (person)
• Ridley-Thomas — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Soto — coauthor (person)
• Torlakson — coauthor (person)
• Vargas — coauthor (person)
• Yee — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 494, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-09-03 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2004-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 32. Page 7675.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2004-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2004-08-23 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 5208.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2004-08-04 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2004-07-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2004-07-27 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-07-21 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-07-02 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-07-01 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-07-08 In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2003-07-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-06-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2003-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-06-04 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 28. Page 2212.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-06-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2003-05-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-05-07 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-06 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 29). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-04-21 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2003-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-01-13 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2002-12-03 From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
• 2002-12-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3be22839-8c2b-4949-a94e-dc2cdac97d1c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).