republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-962.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ammunition."
description: "Existing law generally regulates the sale of ammunition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 962"
citation: "California AB 962 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ammunition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De Leon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4db560c-6185-4b92-add5-75d83b27359d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB962"
source_hash: "59c674c4644fc0ed8090f4d11caa334dac019f4ede70e905a6bd465253f43b46"
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 962 (20092010) — Ammunition.

Existing law generally regulates the sale of ammunition.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB962&version=20090AB96299INT)
2. **06/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB962&version=20090AB96298AMD)
3. **06/22/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB962&version=20090AB96297AMD)
4. **09/04/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB962&version=20090AB96296AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB962&version=20090AB96294CHP)
6. **AB962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB962)
7. **09/21/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB962&version=20090AB96295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 962 DE LEON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB962 De Leon By Cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 962 De Leon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- De Leon — primary (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 31. Page 2069.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2009-07-23** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-07-23** (Page 1804.)
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-31** (received by desk August 28, 2009 pursuant to JR61(a)(11))
- **2009-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 18. Page 2395.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 43. Noes 33. Page 3371.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 628, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4db560c-6185-4b92-add5-75d83b27359d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).