republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-711.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting: nonlead ammunition."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Fish and Game Commission, by July 1, 2008, to establish by regulation a public process to certify centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition as nonlead ammunition, and to define by regulation nonlead ammunition as including only centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition in which there is no lead content. Existing law requires the commission to establish and annually update a list of certified centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 711"
citation: "California AB 711 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting: nonlead ammunition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rendon"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e3b1df4-1b44-4526-8753-5e4f31c3010b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB711"
source_hash: "c0d258e4eff290633d457622da1cffb4a2500c2a89bd31343711747030d98b80"
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 711 (20132014) — Hunting: nonlead ammunition.

(1) Existing law requires the Fish and Game Commission, by July 1, 2008, to establish by regulation a public process to certify centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition as nonlead ammunition, and to define by regulation nonlead ammunition as including only centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition in which there is no lead content. Existing law requires the commission to establish and annually update a list of certified centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB711&version=20130AB71199INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB711&version=20130AB71198AMD)
3. **04/17/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB711&version=20130AB71197AMD)
4. **06/12/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB711&version=20130AB71196AMD)
5. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB711&version=20130AB71195AMD)
6. **09/04/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB711&version=20130AB71194AMD)
7. **10/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB711&version=20130AB71192CHP)
8. **AB711** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB711)
9. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB711&version=20130AB71193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 711 RENDON Assembly Third Reading — **44–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 711 RENDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **44–29** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB711 Rendon By Lieu — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rendon — primary (person)
- Alejo — principal coauthor (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — principal coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Pan — principal coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 21. Page 1461.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2266.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 44. Noes 29. Page 3109.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 742, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e3b1df4-1b44-4526-8753-5e4f31c3010b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).