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Bill	Temporary emergency gun violence restraining orders.	Existing law allows a court to issue an order restraining an individual from possessing a firearm while the order is in effect. Existing law allows the court to issue a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order on an ex parte basis if the possession of a firearm by the subject of the petition poses an immediate and present danger. Existing law requires a law enforcement officer who requests a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order to memorialize the order of the court on the form approved by the Judicial Council if the order is obtained orally. Existing law requires the petition for the temporary order to be obtained by submitting a written petition to the court, unless time and circumstances do not permit the submission of a written report, in which case existing law allows the order to be issued in accordance with procedures for obtaining an oral search warrant.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2526	California AB 2526 (20172018)	bill	Temporary emergency gun violence restraining orders.	enacted	Rubio	4	17	5	2018-02-14	2018-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/8f9067ac-2474-4642-9a32-1c250f0cce8d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2526	6f07e634bcc5435de9e0ac43b6b9bcfceed83db2ff9c4fd40db6a9491e5363aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2526 (20172018) — Temporary emergency gun violence restraining orders.

Existing law allows a court to issue an order restraining an individual from possessing a firearm while the order is in effect. Existing law allows the court to issue a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order on an ex parte basis if the possession of a firearm by the subject of the petition poses an immediate and present danger. Existing law requires a law enforcement officer who requests a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order to memorialize the order of the court on the form approved by the Judicial Council if the order is obtained orally. Existing law requires the petition for the temporary order to be obtained by submitting a written petition to the court, unless time and circumstances do not permit the submission of a written report, in which case existing law allows the order to be issued in accordance with procedures for obtaining an oral search warrant.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/28/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2526 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/16/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2526 RUBIO Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2526 Rubio By McGuire — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rubio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2018-03-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5005.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-07-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5347.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2018-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 873, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f9067ac-2474-4642-9a32-1c250f0cce8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).