republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2793.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "Firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2793"
citation: "California AB 2793 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pescetti"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b94cf547-638d-4c6a-b2c5-74f476b4dda7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793"
source_hash: "a529b25b1eee2397b55b9554882e29a6c0f69a7966d59edea71311a2de0e96db"
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 2793 (20012002) — Firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793&version=20010AB279399INT)
2. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793&version=20010AB279398AMD)
3. **05/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793&version=20010AB279397AMD)
4. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793&version=20010AB279396AMD)
5. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793&version=20010AB279395AMD)
6. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793&version=20010AB279394AMD)
7. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793&version=20010AB279393AMD)
8. **08/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793&version=20010AB279392AMD)
9. **09/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793&version=20010AB279390CHP)
10. **AB2793** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793)
11. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2793&version=20010AB279391ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2793 Pescetti Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2793 Pescetti By Peace — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB2793 Pescetti By Peace — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2793 Pescetti Special Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pescetti — primary (person)
- Zettel — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 911, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 8746.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5955.) `reading-2, reading-1, reading-3, passage`
- **2002-08-28** Joint Rule 61(b)(15) suspended.
- **2002-08-28** Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5818.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6458.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 7). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b94cf547-638d-4c6a-b2c5-74f476b4dda7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).