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Bill	Firearms: gun violence restraining orders.	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 of the subject of the petition.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2870	California AB 2870 (20212022)	bill	Firearms: gun violence restraining orders.	enacted	Santiago	7	29	9	2022-02-18	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/bf468bf2-fd6a-4068-8abb-bf4d0419c5ad	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2870	9374a5de35dac61d2df6d0dcaf96a9bc73b26f321565b3a22c3dbe58dcf020e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2870 (20212022) — Firearms: gun violence restraining orders.

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 of the subject of the petition.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/13/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/30/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2870 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2870 Santiago et al. By Stern — 31–5 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 2870 Santiago Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2870 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 63–14 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Santiago — primary (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Min — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Nazarian — coauthor (person)
• Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2022-03-31 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-05-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5036.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2022-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2022-06-14 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 Re-referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 4956.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-23 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
• 2022-08-23 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2022-08-29 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). committee-passage
• 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 14.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 974, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf468bf2-fd6a-4068-8abb-bf4d0419c5ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).