Firearms in California

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• CASB948 2025-2026By Jesse Arreguin (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Firearms: safety certificates.

  AI summary Requires personal firearm importers to certify under penalty of perjury that they have a valid firearm safety certificate (or exemption) when reporting importation, and makes failure to include the certificate number or exemption an infraction punishable under the safety-certificate statute.

  ↓Restricts gun accesspurchase background checks, other
  Stage: Law Sep 26: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 465, Statutes of 2026.
• CASB1220 2025-2026By Melissa Hurtado (D)
  Firearms: prohibited persons.

  AI summary 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.

  ↓Restricts gun accesspurchase background checks, other
  Stage: Law Sep 26: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 466, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB2339 2025-2026By Mike Gipson (D)
  Firearms: prohibited persons.

  AI summary 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

  ↓Restricts gun accessother
  Stage: Law Sep 26: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 462, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB2047 2025-2026By Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) · 4 cosponsors
  Firearms: 3-dimensional printing blocking technology.

  AI summary Requires 3D printers sold in California to include firearm blocking technology that prevents printing of firearms or machine gun conversion devices once standards are set, so fewer 3D-printed guns can be made.

  ↓Restricts gun accessweapon accessory restrictions
  Stage: Law Sep 26: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 461, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB1974 2025-2026By Catherine Stefani (D)
  Firearms: voluntary firearm storage program.

  AI summary 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.

  ↑Expands gun accessstorage minors, other
  Stage: Law Sep 26: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 460, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB1943 2025-2026By Mike Gipson (D) · 2 cosponsors
  Pupil safety: notifications: firearms.

  AI summary 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.

  ↓Restricts gun accessstorage minors
  =No change to gun accessother
  Stage: Law Sep 26: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 459, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB1753 2025-2026By Catherine Stefani (D) · 11 cosponsors
  Protective orders: firearms and ammunition: notice and procedures.

  AI summary Authorizes law enforcement to seek enforcement of out-of-state extreme risk protection orders (which prohibit firearm possession based on danger to self or others) and requires their registration if requested, so more enforcement of firearm restrictions under such orders.

  ↓Restricts gun accessred flag erpo, other
  Stage: Law Sep 26: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 458, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB1743 2025-2026By Buffy Wicks (D) · 2 cosponsors
  Firearms.

  AI summary Expands public and academic access to Department of Justice analysis of recovered firearms data for research and government use, while also expanding required reporting on dealer and ammunition vendor inspections, unserialized firearms, and related metrics in annual public reports.

  =No change to gun accessother
  Stage: Law Sep 26: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 457, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB1615 2025-2026By Stephanie Nguyen (D) · 5 cosponsors
  Firearms: unsafe handguns.

  AI summary Changes the required live-fire qualification frequency for county probation department peace officers using unsafe handguns as service weapons from every 6 months to every 3 months, and expands the vehicle storage crime to cover those who completed only the firearms portion of POST training.

  ↓Restricts gun accessother, storage minors
  Stage: Law Sep 14: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 198, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB1912 2025-2026By Heather Hadwick (R) · 4 cosponsors
  Deer: archery season: concealed firearms.

  AI summary Repeals the prohibition on carrying a firearm during archery deer season, so more ability to carry firearms while hunting.

  ↑Expands gun accesscarry, other
  Stage: Law Aug 27: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 132, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB458 2025-2026By Catherine Stefani (D)
  Public contracts: firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories.

  AI summary Requires state agencies to develop and use model guidelines for procuring firearms, ammunition, and accessories only from vendors compliant with all firearms laws, which adds a procedural step to state purchasing but does not change the underlying restrictions on who may buy, own, or carry firearms.

  =No change to gun accessother, industry liability
  Stage: Passed one chamber Aug 17: Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ashby.
• CAAB1810 2025-2026By Marc Berman (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Firearms: dealer centralized list.

  AI summary Authorizes DOJ to remove dealers from the centralized list for failing to remedy inspection violations, imposes fines and a 2-year ban on owning/operating/being employed by a firearms business, and requires yearly inspections of the 10 highest-risk dealers based on crime-gun trace data, increasing,

  ↓Restricts gun accessother
  Stage: Passed one chamber Aug 13: In committee: Held under submission.
• CAAB1948 2025-2026By James Ramos (D) +1
  Firearms: concealed carry licenses.

  AI summary Extends the validity of concealed carry licenses from 2 years to 3 years (with some exceptions), so greater ability to carry concealed firearms without needing to renew as frequently.

  ↑Expands gun accesscarry
  Stage: Law Jun 30: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 44, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB1589 2025-2026By Phillip Chen (R)⚠ check quote
  Firearms: silencers.

  AI summary Expands the exemption allowing level I reserve peace officers to possess silencers (when on duty, authorized, and with agency-owned equipment), so more people can legally possess firearm silencers in California.

  ↑Expands gun accessweapon accessory restrictions
  Stage: Committee May 27: Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Chen.
• CAAB1955 2025-2026By Juan Alanis (R)
  Crimes: firearm enhancements.

  AI summary Exempts peace officers from firearm sentence enhancements for on-duty use or discharge of a firearm (placing the burden on prosecutors to prove the exemption does not apply), so fewer additional penalties apply to officers' on-duty firearm use.

  ↑Expands gun accessother
  Stage: Committee Mar 18: In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• CASB93 2025-2026By Akilah Weber Pierson (D)
  Weapons: robotic devices.

  AI summary Prohibits operating a robotic device equipped or mounted with a firearm or other weapon, so less ability to use firearms in that manner.

  ↓Restricts gun accessweapon accessory restrictions
  Stage: ✕ Failed Feb 2: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
• CASB649 2025-2026By Marie Alvarado-Gil (R)
  Firearms: silencers.

  AI summary Replaces the term 'silencer' with 'suppressor' throughout the Penal Code and related statutes without altering any prohibitions, definitions of assault weapons, probation restrictions, or destruction requirements for the devices.

  =No change to gun accessweapon accessory restrictions, other
  Stage: ✕ Failed Feb 2: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
• CASB320 2025-2026By Monique Limon (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Firearms: California Do Not Sell List.

  AI summary Creates a voluntary self-exclusion list that blocks individuals from passing firearms eligibility checks for purchases or private-party transfers, adding a new barrier to firearm acquisition for those who opt in.

  ↓Restricts gun accesspurchase background checks
  =No change to gun accessother
  Stage: ✕ Failed Feb 2: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
• CASB15 2025-2026By Catherine Blakespear (D) · 2 cosponsors
  Firearms.

  AI summary Requires more frequent targeted inspections of high-risk firearm dealers, mandates detailed inventory records with perjury-affidavit certification, and allows removal from the dealer list plus fines and 2-year ineligibility for violations or failure to remedy issues, so more restrictions and dealer-

  ↓Restricts gun accessother
  Stage: ✕ Failed Feb 2: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
• CAAB256 2025-2026By Carl DeMaio (R)
  Crimes: intoxication and firearms.

  AI summary Adds a one-year sentence enhancement for committing or attempting a felony while armed with a firearm and under the influence of a prohibited controlled substance, increasing penalties for such firearm-related conduct.

  ↓Restricts gun accessother
  Stage: ✕ Failed Feb 2: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
• CAAB1316 2025-2026By Dawn Addis (D)
  Hunting licenses: information on firearms.

  AI summary Requires hunting license buyers to receive information on safe firearm storage, child access prevention laws, and parental liability for child access to firearms at home, so more awareness of storage requirements.

  ↓Restricts gun accessstorage minors, other
  Stage: ✕ Failed Feb 2: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
• CAAB1187 2025-2026By Celeste Rodriguez (D)
  Firearms: safety certificates.

  AI summary Requires personal firearm importers to obtain a valid firearm safety certificate (which involves a background check) and include a copy in their report to DOJ when bringing a firearm into the state, and prohibits bringing a firearm into the state without obtaining one within 60 days.

  ↓Restricts gun accesspurchase background checks, other
  Stage: ✕ Failed Feb 2: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
• CAAB1006 2025-2026By James Ramos (D)
  Firearms: concealed carry.

  AI summary Expands the definition of recorded owner to include the spouse of the recorded owner for concealed carry licensing purposes, allowing more people to qualify for licenses without being the direct recorded owner.

  ↑Expands gun accesscarry
  Stage: ✕ Failed Feb 2: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
• CAAB1092 2025-2026By Leticia Castillo (R)
  Firearms: concealed carry licenses.

  AI summary Extends the validity period of concealed carry licenses from 2 years to 3 years (for 2026) and then to 4 years (after 2027), so greater ability to carry concealed firearms without needing to renew as frequently.

  ↑Expands gun accesscarry
  Stage: ✕ Failed Jan 13: From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
• CAAB1263 2025-2026By Mike Gipson (D) · 4 cosponsors⚠ check quote
  Firearms: ghost guns.

  AI summary Expands the definition of digital firearm manufacturing code to include computer-aided manufacturing files and production of machineguns, large-capacity magazines, and other specified components, while prohibiting knowing or willful aiding, abetting, or facilitating of unlawful manufacture of such,,

  ↓Restricts gun accessweapon accessory restrictions, industry liability, other
  Stage: Law Oct 11, 2025: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 636, Statutes of 2025.
• CASB704 2025-2026By Jesse Arreguin (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Firearms: firearm barrels.

  AI summary Requires licensed dealers to conduct an eligibility check (background check) on purchasers of firearm barrels starting July 1, 2027, and to record and submit purchaser information, so more restrictions on acquiring firearm barrels.

  ↓Restricts gun accesspurchase background checks, other
  Stage: Law Oct 10, 2025: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 591, Statutes of 2025.
• CAAB1344 2025-2026By Jacqui Irwin (D) +1
  Restrictions on firearm possession: pilot project.

  AI summary Expands who can petition for gun violence restraining orders (red-flag orders) by authorizing district attorneys in four counties to file petitions under a pilot program, so more such orders are possible.

  ↓Restricts gun accessred flag erpo
  Stage: Law Oct 10, 2025: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2025.
• CAAB1127 2025-2026By Jesse Gabriel (D) +3 · 13 cosponsors
  Firearms: converter pistols.

  AI summary Expands the definition of machinegun to include any machinegun-convertible pistol equipped with a pistol converter, thereby prohibiting the manufacture, sale, possession, or transportation of such equipped pistols.

  ↓Restricts gun accessweapon accessory restrictions, industry liability
  =No change to gun accessother
  Stage: Law Oct 10, 2025: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 572, Statutes of 2025.
• CAAB1078 2025-2026By Marc Berman (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Firearms.

  AI summary Increases the number of firearms a person can apply to purchase in any 30-day period from 1 to 3 (starting April 1, 2026), reducing the existing one-per-month restriction and allowing more purchases without additional background checks in that window.

  ↑Expands gun accesscarry, purchase background checks, other
  Stage: Law Oct 10, 2025: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 570, Statutes of 2025.
• CAAB383 2025-2026By Laurie Davies (R)
  Firearms: prohibition: minors.

  AI summary Extends the existing relinquishment, probation investigation, and search-warrant procedures that apply to adult felons and certain other prohibited persons to juveniles adjudicated for serious offenses who are barred from possessing firearms until age 30, so more enforcement of the prohibition on 30

  ↓Restricts gun accessstorage minors, red flag erpo
  Stage: Law Oct 6, 2025: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 362, Statutes of 2025.
• CASB248 2025-2026By Susan Rubio (D) · 2 cosponsors
  Firearms: information to new owners.

  AI summary 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

  =No change to gun accessother
  Stage: Passed one chamber Aug 29, 2025: August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
• CAAB879 2025-2026By Joe Patterson (R)
  Firearms: unsafe handguns.

  AI summary Expands the list of entities and officers who may legally obtain and use unsafe handguns as service weapons by adding county probation departments and adjusting their training requirements, while also expanding the list of exemptions in multiple subdivisions by inserting references to the new (8).

  ↑Expands gun accessother
  ↓Restricts gun accessstorage minors
  Stage: Passed one chamber Aug 29, 2025: In committee: Held under submission.
• CAAB824 2025-2026By Catherine Stefani (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Protective orders: firearms and ammunition.

  AI summary Extends existing firearm and ammunition relinquishment requirements and prohibitions to additional types of protective orders (civil harassment, workplace violence, postsecondary), so more people are subject to losing access to guns and ammo upon issuance of such orders.

  ↓Restricts gun accessred flag erpo
  Stage: Passed one chamber Aug 29, 2025: In committee: Held under submission.
• CAAB584 2025-2026By Heather Hadwick (R)
  Firearms dealers and manufacturers: secure facilities.

  AI summary Expands the acceptable door options for secure facilities used by firearms dealers and manufacturers to store guns, allowing an additional type of steel door with panic hardware and multipoint lock, so dealers and manufacturers have more flexibility in meeting storage security requirements.

  =No change to gun accessstorage minors, other
  Stage: Law Jul 14, 2025: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 40, Statutes of 2025.

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