republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2464.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional sports facilities: safety."
description: "Existing law makes it unlawful for any person attending a professional sporting event to throw any object on or across the court or field of play with the intent to interfere with play or distract a player, or enter upon the court or field of play without permission from an authorized person any time after the authorized participants of play have entered the court or field to begin the sporting event and until the participants of play have completed the playing time of the sporting event."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2464"
citation: "California AB 2464 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professional sports facilities: safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fd7ab05-9e5a-44d1-bd3b-f76133eb43fa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2464"
source_hash: "00cd6998ea3b466fc7fbc229e0360643442582509764c5f422c75f7ede574cfa"
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 2464 (20112012) — Professional sports facilities: safety.

Existing law makes it unlawful for any person attending a professional sporting event to throw any object on or across the court or field of play with the intent to interfere with play or distract a player, or enter upon the court or field of play without permission from an authorized person any time after the authorized participants of play have entered the court or field to begin the sporting event and until the participants of play have completed the playing time of the sporting event.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2464&version=20110AB246499INT)
2. **05/02/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2464&version=20110AB246498AMD)
3. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2464&version=20110AB246496CHP)
4. **AB2464** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2464)
5. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2464&version=20110AB246497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Arts, Entertain, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2464 Gatto By Leno — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2464 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Arts, Entertain, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media — **1–1** (fail) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2012-04-23** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4477.)
- **2012-04-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4477.)
- **2012-04-23** (Pending re-referral to Com. on A., E., S., T. & I.M.)
- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-05-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-05-10** (Page 4755.)
- **2012-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4885.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4476.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fd7ab05-9e5a-44d1-bd3b-f76133eb43fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).