--- type: "Bill" title: "Restrictions on firearm possession: pilot project." description: "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." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "AB 1344" citation: "California AB 1344 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Restrictionsonfirearmpossession", "pilotproject"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"] version_count: 7 action_count: 26 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2025-02-21" last_action: "2025-10-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13c74451-a69c-41ca-9d67-c4ffb42a784d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1344" source_hash: "1395149dce9c0530e7d22dc2a61eee19918133f783e87afdb8f2283b42c4c542" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California AB 1344 (20252026) — 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. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1344&version=20250AB134499INT) 2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1344&version=20250AB134498AMD) 3. **05/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1344&version=20250AB134497AMD) 4. **06/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1344&version=20250AB134496AMD) 5. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1344&version=20250AB134494CHP) 6. **AB1344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1344) 7. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1344&version=20250AB134495ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1344 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–5** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB1344 Irwin et al. By Arreguín — **32–4** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1344 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — **69–3** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Irwin — primary (person) - Stefani — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24. - **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2025-05-23** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.) - **2025-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 1922.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-23** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 2517.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2025-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 3037.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13c74451-a69c-41ca-9d67-c4ffb42a784d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).