republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2973.md

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Bill	Stun guns.	Stun guns.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 2973	California AB 2973 (20072008)	bill	Stun guns.	enacted	Soto	8	26	6	2008-02-22	2008-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/a8978882-9a36-43a4-a7fd-16a0217d1105	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2973	8c15450a1e16bef46f4dce85705bb336330410580a78e5296b902dc20f38269e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2973 (20072008) — Stun guns.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/04/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/28/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2973 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/21/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2973 SOTO Assembly Third Reading By MA — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2973 SOTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments By MA — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2973 Soto By Cedillo — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Soto — primary (person)
• Ma — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2008-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2008-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2008-03-13 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2008-04-21 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-04-22 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-04-23 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-05-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-05-06 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-05-12 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-05-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5258.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-05-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2008-06-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-07-01 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-07-02 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-08-04 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-05 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2008-08-06 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-14 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 5. Page 5041.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 6612.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-17 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2008-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 556, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8978882-9a36-43a4-a7fd-16a0217d1105. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).