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AB-1344 • 2026

Restrictions on firearm possession: pilot project.

Restrictions on firearm possession: pilot project.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Irwin
Last action
2025-10-10
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact nature of the data required by the bill is not specified in detail.

Pilot Project for Gun Violence Restraining Orders

This law allows certain counties to start a pilot program where district attorneys can ask courts to issue temporary emergency gun violence restraining orders.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows Alameda, El Dorado, Santa Clara, and Ventura Counties to establish a pilot project for temporary emergency gun violence restraining orders until January 1, 2032.
  • Requires the district attorney in these counties to send data about the program to UC Davis's Firearm Violence Research Center each year starting April 1, 2027.
  • Authorizes the research center to study how well the pilot program works and report back to lawmakers every year starting July 1, 2027.
  • Requires district attorneys to share data with the Department of Justice and Judicial Council when asked.

Who It Names or Affects

  • District attorneys in Alameda, El Dorado, Santa Clara, and Ventura Counties
  • People who might be issued temporary emergency gun violence restraining orders

Terms To Know

gun violence restraining order
An order from a court that stops someone from buying or owning guns if they are dangerous to themselves or others.
pilot program
A small-scale test of an idea before it is used widely.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The pilot project only applies in four specific counties and ends on January 1, 2032.
  • It's not clear how many people will be affected by the new orders or what the results of the study will show.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-10 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-10 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-15 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. 2025-09-08 California Legislative Information

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 3037.).

  5. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 2517.).

  7. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

  9. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  10. 2025-07-08 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. 2025-06-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  12. 2025-06-11 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  13. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  14. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 1922.)

  15. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  17. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

  18. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  19. 2025-04-30 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

  20. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. 2025-03-25 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  22. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

  23. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  24. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  25. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  26. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1344, Irwin.
Restrictions on firearm possession: pilot project.
Existing law authorizes a court to issue a gun violence restraining order to prohibit a person from purchasing or possessing a firearm or ammunition for a period of one to 5 years, subject to renewal for additional one- to 5-year periods, if the subject of the petition poses a significant danger of self-harm or harm to another in the near future by having a firearm and the order is necessary to prevent personal injury to the subject of the petition or another. Existing law also allows a gun violence restraining order to be issued on an ex parte basis for up to 21 days. Existing law allows a petition for these gun violence restraining orders to be made by a law enforcement officer, or an immediate family member, employer, coworker, or teacher, as specified, of the subject of the petition.
This bill would authorize the Counties of
Alameda, El Dorado, Santa Clara, and Ventura to establish, until January 1, 2032, a pilot program to additionally authorize a district attorney to request that the court issue a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order, as specified. The bill would require the district attorney of a county that establishes a pilot program, commencing April 1, 2027, to annually submit specified data to the California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis, and would authorize the center, commencing July 1, 2027, to conduct an evaluation of the pilot program and annually report that evaluation to the Legislature, as specified. The bill would require the district attorney of a county that establishes a pilot program, commencing April 1, 2027, to make the data described above available upon request to the Department of Justice and the Judicial Council. The bill would make related findings and declarations.

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