---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: prohibition: minors."
description: "Existing law prohibits a juvenile who is adjudged a ward of the juvenile court due to the commission of specified serious or violent offenses from subsequently owning, possessing, or having under their custody or control a firearm until they are 30 years of age. A violation of this prohibition is punishable as a misdemeanor or as a felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 383"
citation: "California AB 383 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "minors", "prohibition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davies"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e0dd804-3b6d-43b6-b70b-d58934f6718d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB383"
source_hash: "38e65b4e57bf1eb927e81e0debad0b27950a2b2170498d79565869d4970bdfcd"
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 383 (20252026) — Firearms: prohibition: minors.

Existing law prohibits a juvenile who is adjudged a ward of the juvenile court due to the commission of specified serious or violent offenses from subsequently owning, possessing, or having under their custody or control a firearm until they are 30 years of age. A violation of this prohibition is punishable as a misdemeanor or as a felony.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/03/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB383&version=20250AB38399INT)
2. **03/12/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB383&version=20250AB38398AMD)
3. **07/16/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB383&version=20250AB38397AMD)
4. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB383&version=20250AB38395CHP)
5. **AB383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB383)
6. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB383&version=20250AB38396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB383 Davies By Ochoa Bogh — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 383 Davies Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 383 Davies Assembly Third Reading — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davies — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 2105.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2611.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-13** Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(1) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
- **2025-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 3492.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 362, 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/3e0dd804-3b6d-43b6-b70b-d58934f6718d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).