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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session
SB1220Firearms: prohibited persons.
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Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Adds new misdemeanors (including violations of Section 23920 on altered firearms) to the list of convictions that trigger a 10-year prohibition on owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing firearms, so more people are barred from firearm access.
Any person, who is convicted on or after January 1, 2027, of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 23920 and who, within 10 years of the conviction, owns, purchases, receives, or has in their possession or under their custody or control any firearm, is guilty of a public offense
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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 85%
Expands the list of prior misdemeanor convictions that result in a 10-year firearms prohibition (including new hate crime and other offenses in the conditional Section 1.5), so more people face restrictions on firearm ownership and possession.
Any person who is convicted on or after January 1, 2027, of a misdemeanor violation of Section 273.65, 422.3, 422.7, 422.77, 18205, 29815, 29825, or 30305, or of subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 166, or any other offense that is defined as a hate crime under Title 11.6 of Part 1, and who, within 10 years of the conviction, owns, purchases, receives, or has in possession or under custody or control, any firearm is guilty of a public offense
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Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2026-09-26: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 466, Statutes of 2026.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Penal Code § 29805 to expand the list of misdemeanor convictions that impose a 10-year prohibition on firearm ownership, purchase, receipt, or possession. It adds violations of Section 23920 (altered/obliterated firearms) effective 2027 in the primary text and further expands the list with additional offenses (including hate crimes) in the conditional SEC. 1.5 version. This increases the number of people subject to firearm restrictions.
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