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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session
SB248Firearms: information to new owners.
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FirearmsotherAI label
=No change to gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Requires the state to mail informational letters to new firearm purchasers and certain transferees about secure storage, legal obligations, risks of ownership, transfer options, gun violence restraining orders, suicide prevention, and domestic violence, so more education on safe and legal firearm-ow
the department shall mail a letter to the listed residential address of each purchaser of a firearm within 10 days of each purchaser making an application and of any person who notifies the department pursuant to Section 27560, 27875, 27920, or 28000, within 10 days of being notified. This letter shall include all of the following and any other information the department deems relevant to firearm ownership:
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Stage: Passed one chamber · step 3 of 6
Last action
2025-08-29: August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a requirement for the Department of Justice to send informational materials to new firearm owners and certain transferees on topics including secure storage, legal obligations, risks, transfers, gun violence restraining orders, suicide prevention, and domestic violence. This is an education and notification mandate with no change to actual restrictions on buying, owning, carrying, or making firearms, so it is neutral on the firearms axis.