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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session
AB2339Firearms: prohibited persons.
Direction
FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Expands DOJ access to sealed juvenile records for firearm suitability determinations and allows DOJ to provide a copy of the record to the person if they may not be suitable, while also requiring more detailed reporting (including substantiating documents) from courts and facilities on mental health
The department may provide the record to the person if the department determines the person is not or may not be suitable to purchase, own, or possess a firearm based on the record.
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Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2026-09-26: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 462, Statutes of 2026.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill makes multiple changes to reporting, notification, record access, and procedures for persons subject to firearm prohibitions due to juvenile adjudications or mental health issues. These provisions primarily strengthen enforcement of existing prohibitions (e.g., via better information sharing, required forms on discharge, and continued prohibition post-release), with one new allowance for DOJ to share a sealed record copy with the affected person; no changes expand the ability to acquire or possess firearms. All fall under the firearms topic with no substantive provisions on the other