republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-311.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: Del Mar Fairgrounds."
description: "Existing law generally regulates the transfer of firearms and divides the state into agricultural districts. The 22nd District Agricultural Association is comprised of the County of San Diego and includes the Cities of Del Mar and San Diego. A violation of the statutes governing agricultural districts is generally a misdemeanor. Existing law prohibits the sale of firearms and ammunition at the Del Mar Fairgrounds property located in the 22nd District Agricultural Association, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 311"
citation: "California AB 311 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: Del Mar Fairgrounds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12df2cf5-6c0e-4897-9a0d-bbca6a6fd43a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB311"
source_hash: "1b9911e0cf7647b5cbedd37eabfb772aef406cb1935ad8043ff36ed14207be0a"
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 311 (20212022) — Firearms: Del Mar Fairgrounds.

Existing law generally regulates the transfer of firearms and divides the state into agricultural districts. The 22nd District Agricultural Association is comprised of the County of San Diego and includes the Cities of Del Mar and San Diego. A violation of the statutes governing agricultural districts is generally a misdemeanor. Existing law prohibits the sale of firearms and ammunition at the Del Mar Fairgrounds property located in the 22nd District Agricultural Association, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB311&version=20210AB31199INT)
2. **01/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB311&version=20210AB31198AMD)
3. **06/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB311&version=20210AB31197AMD)
4. **07/21/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB311&version=20210AB31195CHP)
5. **AB311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB311)
6. **07/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB311&version=20210AB31196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 311 Ward Assembly Third Reading — **51–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB311 Ward et al. By Hueso — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- AB 311 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward — primary (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-01-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (January 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 3435.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 4433.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 18.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 139, 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/12df2cf5-6c0e-4897-9a0d-bbca6a6fd43a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).