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CA AB 1344

enacted

Restrictions on firearm possession: pilot project.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1344 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1344 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1344 about?

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. This bill would authorize the Counties of Alameda, El Dorado, Santa Clara, and Ventura to establish, until January 1, 2032, a pilot program to additionally authorize a district attorney to request that the court issue a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order, as specified. The bill would require the district attorney of a county that establishes a pilot program, commencing April 1, 2027, to annually submit specified data to the California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis, and would authorize the center, commencing July 1, 2027, to conduct an evaluation of the pilot program and annually report that evaluation to the Legislature, as specified. The bill would require the district attorney of a county that establishes a pilot program, commencing April 1, 2027, to make the data described above available upon request to the Department of Justice and the Judicial Council. The bill would make related findings and declarations.

Who sponsors CA AB 1344?

Irwin is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1344, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

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. This bill would authorize the Counties of Alameda, El Dorado, Santa Clara, and Ventura to establish, until January 1, 2032, a pilot program to additionally authorize a district attorney to request that the court issue a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order, as specified. The bill would require the district attorney of a county that establishes a pilot program, commencing April 1, 2027, to annually submit specified data to the California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis, and would authorize the center, commencing July 1, 2027, to conduct an evaluation of the pilot program and annually report that evaluation to the Legislature, as specified. The bill would require the district attorney of a county that establishes a pilot program, commencing April 1, 2027, to make the data described above available upon request to the Department of Justice and the Judicial Council. The bill would make related findings and declarations.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Irwinauthor
  • Stefaniprincipal coauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  4. 2025-03-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  6. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  7. 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.

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  8. 2025-04-30

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  9. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  10. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 1922.)

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  14. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  16. 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.

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  17. 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.

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  18. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  19. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  20. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 2517.).

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  22. 2025-09-04

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  23. 2025-09-08

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 3037.).

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  24. 2025-09-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

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  25. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  26. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 09/10/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-10Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • AB1344Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Nguyen: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 1344 Irwin Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 69-3

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Hoover: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Ta: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Patterson: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-08 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Seyarto: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB1344 Irwin et al. By Arreguín

    2025-09-04 · pass · 32-4

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Jones: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Choi: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Valladares: other

  • AB 1344 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-08 · pass · 65-5

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Macedo: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Hoover: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Flora: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Ta: other

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