republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-160.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public safety trailer bill."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a firearm industry member, as defined, from engaging in advertising or marketing related to firearms that is intended for minors or reasonably appears to be attractive to minors, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 160"
citation: "California AB 160 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public safety trailer bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab6357b2-f00f-46c8-bf3f-cbbe28dc874a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB160"
source_hash: "1aad828af5e7eaf5067266fad75fb782c579e812f8906f035288b8b68b880a28"
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 160 (20212022) — Public safety trailer bill.

(1) Existing law prohibits a firearm industry member, as defined, from engaging in advertising or marketing related to firearms that is intended for minors or reasonably appears to be attractive to minors, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB160&version=20210AB16099INT)
2. **02/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB160&version=20210AB16096AMD)
3. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB160&version=20210AB16098AMD)
4. **07/11/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB160&version=20210AB16097AMD)
5. **08/26/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB160&version=20210AB16095AMD)
6. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB160&version=20210AB16093CHP)
7. **AB160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB160)
8. **08/31/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB160&version=20210AB16094ENR)

## Votes

- AB 160 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading AB160 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **14–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 160 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 491.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (July 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-15** Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 1962.)
- **2021-08-16** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Senate rules suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.).
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 771, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab6357b2-f00f-46c8-bf3f-cbbe28dc874a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).