Existing law authorizes a court to issue an ex parte gun violence restraining order prohibiting the subject of the petition from having custody or control of, owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving, or attempting to purchase or receive a firearm or ammunition when it is shown that there is a substantial likelihood that the subject of the petition poses a significant danger of harm to themselves or to another person in the near future by having custody or control of, owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, and that the order is necessary to prevent personal injury to themselves or to another. Existing law requires the court, when determining whether grounds for a gun violence restraining order exists, to consider evidence of, among other things, a recent threat of violence by the subject of the petition, and also authorizes the court to consider evidence of, among other things, recent acquisition of firearms, ammunition, or other deadly weapons by the subject of the petition.
California AB 301 (20232024) — Gun violence restraining orders: body armor.
Existing law authorizes a court to issue an ex parte gun violence restraining order prohibiting the subject of the petition from having custody or control of, owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving, or attempting to purchase or receive a firearm or ammunition when it is shown that there is a substantial likelihood that the subject of the petition poses a significant danger of harm to themselves or to another person in the near future by having custody or control of, owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, and that the order is necessary to prevent personal injury to themselves or to another. Existing law requires the court, when determining whether grounds for a gun violence restraining order exists, to consider evidence of, among other things, a recent threat of violence by the subject of the petition, and also authorizes the court to consider evidence of, among other things, recent acquisition of firearms, ammunition, or other deadly weapons by the subject of the petition.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 301 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 54–17 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB301 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Blakespear — 31–8 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
Berman — principal coauthor (person)
Gabriel — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Mike Fong — principal coauthor (person)
Papan — coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-01-27 From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
2023-02-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2023-02-22 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
2023-02-23 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2023-02-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-03-02 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-03-02 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
2023-03-06 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2023-03-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 1484.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-17 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2367.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2023-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ffdbe16-ef72-452d-8a77-54c7f446e350. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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