AB 1615 changes county probation officers’ off-roster service-handgun qualification from at least every 6 months to every 3 months and removes the pre-2021 cutoff for firearms-only POST training. Effective January 1, 2027.
The Ninth Circuit upheld California's gun-store recording mandate (Penal Code section 26806), rejecting First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment challenges in Richards v. Newsom.
Effective September 1, 2026, California's new CCW renewal fingerprinting, higher fees, and mandatory federal Rap Back enrollment go live for the statewide licensing workflow — a fall workflow shift for CCW renewals.
California and Giffords lost their standing fight to block ATF's carve-out for unfinished AR-15-style receivers, per the Ninth Circuit's August 21 decision.
Gov. Newsom signed AB 2047 on Sep 26, 2026 (Ch. 461). It orders DOJ to check quarterly, starting no later than July 1, 2027, for industry standards on 3D-printer firearm blocking technology. Nothing applies to printer buyers today; any sales rule would start a year after DOJ publishes guidance.
