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.
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.
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 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; origin ocd-bill/13c74451-a69c-41ca-9d67-c4ffb42a784d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).