CURRENT BILL STATUS MEASURE : S.B. No. 23 AUTHOR(S) : Perata, Alpert, Bowen, and Ortiz, and Assembly Member Villaraigosa (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Scott) (Coauthor: Senators Karnette and O'Connell) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alquist, Aroner, Bock, Dutra, Floyd, Gallegos, Honda, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Machado, Mazzoni, Migden, Romero, Shelley, Steinberg, Torlakson, Thomson, Washington, and Wildman). TOPIC : Firearms: assault weapons. +LAST AMENDED DATE : 07/12/1999 TYPE OF BILL : Inactive Non-Urgency Non-Appropriations Majority Vote Required State-Mandated Local Program Fiscal Non-Tax Levy LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 07/19/1999 LAST HIST. ACTION : Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 129, Statutes of 1999. TITLE : An act to amend Sections 245, 12001, 12020, 12022, 12022.5, 12280, 12285, and 12289 of, and to add Sections 12079 and 12276.1 to, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.