California · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB1943 Pupil safety: notifications: firearms.

Direction

Firearms storage minorsAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Requires schools to notify parents about secure firearm storage, child access prevention laws, and risks of unsecured guns in the home, and integrates this into school drills, suicide prevention notices, and threat-related communications, so more emphasis on safe storage practices.

A local educational agency shall inform, through a notice in the manner prescribed in this section, the parents or guardians of each enrolled pupil of the importance of practicing secure firearm storage in all homes in which firearms are present.

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Firearms otherAI label

No change to gun access model confidence 80%

Repeals prior sections on firearm notifications (49391 and 49392) while replacing and expanding the required school notices on secure storage and child access prevention, with model language, website resources, and immunity from liability for using the model notice.

Section 49391 of the Education Code is repealed.

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Stage: Law · step 6 of 6

Last action: 2026-09-26: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 459, Statutes of 2026.
Filed: 2026-02-13
Sponsor: Mike Gipson D + 2 cosponsors (2 D)

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Why the model tagged it this way: The bill mandates and expands school-based notifications, resources, and best practices promoting secure firearm storage and California's child access prevention laws to reduce youth access to guns, directly addressing firearms storage and safety requirements for minors. It repeals prior related sections but replaces them with updated, more detailed requirements without changing the underlying legal restrictions on firearm access or storage.

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Hearings and calendar

2026-03-18 13:30 · Hearing · Assembly Education Hearing State Capitol, Room 126
2026-05-06 09:00 · Hearing · Assembly Appropriations Hearing 1021 O Street, Room 1100
2026-06-03 09:00 · Hearing · Senate Education Hearing 1021 O Street, Room 2100
2026-06-15 10:00 · Hearing · Senate Appropriations Hearing 1021 O Street, Room 2200
2026-08-13 00:00 · Hearing · Senate Appropriations Hearing 1021 O Street, Room 2200

Votes

Date	Chamber	Motion	Yea-Nay
2026-03-18	A	Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]	8-0	Passed
2026-05-06	A	Do pass	14-0	Passed
2026-05-11	A	AB 1943 Gipson Assembly Third Reading	71-0	Passed
2026-06-03	S	Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]	7-0	Passed
2026-06-15	S	Placed on suspense file	7-0	Passed
2026-08-13	S	Do pass	7-0	Passed
2026-08-25	S	Assembly 3rd Reading AB1943 Gipson et al. By Blakespear	40-0	Passed
2026-08-26	A	AB 1943 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments	78-0	Passed

Text versions

Introduced 2026-02-13
Amended 2026-03-09
Amended 2026-03-23
Amended 2026-08-20
Enrolled 2026-08-30
Chaptered 2026-09-26

History (29 actions)

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-09-26		Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 459, Statutes of 2026.
2026-09-26		Approved by the Governor.
2026-09-03		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2026-08-26	A	Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6573.).
2026-08-25	A	In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-25	S	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5777.).
2026-08-25	S	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
2026-08-24	S	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-20	S	Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-19	S	Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-19	S	From special consent calendar.
2026-08-18	S	Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-08-13	S	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-13	S	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
2026-06-15	S	In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-06-04	S	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-05-20	S	Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-05-12	S	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-11	A	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5004.)
2026-05-07	A	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-06	A	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
2026-03-24	A	Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-23	A	Read second time and amended.
2026-03-19	A	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 18).
2026-03-10	A	Re-referred to Com. on ED.
2026-03-09	A	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-02	A	Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-02-14	A	From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2026-02-13	A	Read first time. To print.