Firearms.

Crime Firearms

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Wicks
Last action: 2026-06-04
Official status: 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.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact private nonprofit universities that can request the information are not specified in the official text.

Firearm Information Sharing

This law clarifies that firearm data collected and analyzed for patterns and trends can be shared with various government agencies and educational institutions in California upon request.

What This Bill Does

Clarifies that the Department of Justice must share information about firearms, including those reported stolen or used in crimes, with local, city, county, and state government agencies.
Specifies that this information is available to the California State University, the University of California, and certain private nonprofit universities upon request.
Sets conditions and format options for sharing this information as determined by the Attorney General.

Who It Names or Affects

Law enforcement agencies
The Department of Justice
California government agencies
Educational institutions in California

Terms To Know

Automated Firearms System: A system used by the Department of Justice to track information about firearms.
Pattern and trend analysis: Looking at data over time to find common themes or changes in how things happen.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify which private nonprofit universities can request the information.
It is unclear what specific conditions and format options will be set by the Attorney General for sharing this information.

Bill History

2026-06-04 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.
2026-06-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-05-27 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-26 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18.)
2026-05-19 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 14).
2026-04-22 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-03-10 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-02-23 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-02-06 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
2026-02-05 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1743, as amended, Wicks.
Firearms.
Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to enter each firearm into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System that has been reported stolen, lost, found, recovered, held for safekeeping, surrendered, relinquished, or under observation. Existing law requires these law enforcement agencies to report to the Department of Justice all available information necessary to identify and trace the history of all recovered firearms that are illegally possessed, have been used in a crime, or are suspected of having been used in a crime, within 7 calendar days of obtaining the information. Existing law requires that the information collected be maintained by the department for a period of not less than 10 years, and to be available, under guidelines set forth by the Attorney General, for academic and policy research purposes.
Existing law also requires the department to, on an ongoing basis, analyze the information collected for patterns and trends relating to recovered firearms that have been illegally possessed, used in a crime, or suspected to have been used in a crime, including the leading sources and origins of those firearms.
This bill would clarify that the information
collected by the department and analyzed for patterns and trends
be available, upon request, to any California town, city, county, or state government agency, the California State University, the University of California, or
any
specified
private
nonprofit university
postsecondary educational institutions
in California, under
guidelines
conditions
and format options set forth by the Attorney General, as specified.

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