Authorizes law enforcement agencies to create voluntary temporary firearm storage programs for individuals to prevent firearm violence, suicide, and other injury, with requirements for instructions, eligibility checks, database updates, and eventual destruction or donation if not retrieved.
A law enforcement agency may create a voluntary firearm storage program that allows a person to voluntarily transfer custody of their firearm to the local law enforcement agency for temporary safekeeping purposes to prevent firearm violence, suicide, and other injury.
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Exempts voluntary transfers of firearms to law enforcement for temporary storage from prohibitions on carrying concealed or unloaded firearms and from regulations on sale/transfer of firearms, while adding liability protection for agencies and requiring database checks and updates.
Section 26500 does not apply to a delivery or transfer of firearms made to a law enforcement agency pursuant to Section 25010.
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Law
Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2026-09-26: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 460, Statutes of 2026.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a voluntary firearm storage program allowing temporary transfer to law enforcement to prevent violence and suicide (with storage up to one year, eligibility checks on return, and options for destruction/donation/sale), exempts such transfers from carry and transfer restrictions, and shields agencies from liability; this facilitates easier temporary removal and storage of firearms from homes without penalties, expanding access to safe storage options under the firearms topic (primarily storage-minors given the suicide/violence prevention focus, plus other for the exemptions).
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Hearings and calendar
2026-04-07 08:30 · Hearing · Assembly Public Safety Hearing State Capitol, Room 126
2026-06-09 08:30 · Hearing · Senate Public Safety Hearing State Capitol, Room 112