republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2668.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weapons: possession at State Capitol and legislative buildings."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime for any person, with the exception of peace officers, to bring a loaded firearm into, or possess a loaded firearm within, the State Capitol, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2668"
citation: "California AB 2668 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Weapons: possession at State Capitol and legislative buildings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1894d05f-5520-4efd-a296-c7820892171f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2668"
source_hash: "df5f50e8ebe3021c9cf4d6258d04c973c0d38b0edbaf600b586c2df3a6cbe034"
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 2668 (20092010) — Weapons: possession at State Capitol and legislative buildings.

Existing law makes it a crime for any person, with the exception of peace officers, to bring a loaded firearm into, or possess a loaded firearm within, the State Capitol, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2668&version=20090AB266899INT)
2. **04/08/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2668&version=20090AB266898AMD)
3. **05/28/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2668&version=20090AB266897AMD)
4. **06/24/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2668&version=20090AB266896AMD)
5. **08/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2668&version=20090AB266895AMD)
6. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2668&version=20090AB266893CHP)
7. **AB2668** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2668)
8. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2668&version=20090AB266894ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2668 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2668 Galgiani By Wright — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2668 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-28** (Corrected June 7.)
- **2010-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5466.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-24** 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`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-16** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4576.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6421.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 689, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1894d05f-5520-4efd-a296-c7820892171f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).