Tracking the California bills that affect gun owners — what they do, when they take effect, and where they stand.
AB 1753 and SB 948 are enrolled and waiting on the Governor. AB 1753 would add ammunition to firearm surrender under restraining orders. SB 948 extends the import reporting window for handguns to 180 days and adds a training requirement to the firearm safety certificate. Neither is law yet.
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.
AB 2047 is enrolled after August 31 passage; its printer-sales restrictions would depend on future standards and DOJ action, with no chaptered law shown in the record checked September 10.
AB 1974 (Stefani) would let law enforcement agencies run "voluntary" firearm storage programs — with eligibility checks on return and a destruction provision for firearms left unclaimed. It passed the Assembly 71–2 and sits on the Senate Third Reading File. The label isn't the part to watch; the return process is.
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued California challenging both the AB 1127 "Glock ban" and the Handgun Roster itself — the biggest legal threat the roster has ever faced. Also in this Roster Watch: eleven summer additions to the certified list, from NAA mini-revolvers to the SCC Cali pistols, dated from the DOJ's own list.
AB 1344 would create a county-level pilot program expanding red-flag-style firearm removal. Supporters call it a safety tool; the community's concern is due process — and the swatting scenario. Here's what's in the bill, what's unclear, and what to watch.
AB 2047 would require 3D printers sold in California to ship with "firearm blocking technology" — an approved-device model, plus liability for circumventing it. The Senate Appropriations Committee takes up its suspense file on Thursday, August 13, and AB 2047 is on it. Here's what the bill does, where it stands, and why the opposition runs well beyond 2A.
Since January 1, 2026, firearm parts ordered online must route through a licensed dealer — and SB 704 added barrels to the regulated list. Six months in, here's what actually changed at checkout, what the gray areas are, and where the legal challenges stand.
After the Ninth Circuit struck down one-gun-a-month, Sacramento answered with AB 1078: a 3-guns-per-30-days cap starting April 1, 2026, a longer list of ways to lose your CCW, non-resident attestation requirements, and fresh LiveScans on renewal. Here's the full breakdown.
Governor Newsom signed AB 1948 on June 30, 2026, extending California CCW licenses from two years to three. It takes effect January 1, 2027 — and until then, sheriffs are still issuing two-year permits. Here's what we know, what's unresolved, and what permit holders should do.
