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CA AB 1743

enacted

Firearms.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1743 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1743 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-26): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 457, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1743 about?

Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to enter each firearm into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System that has been reported stolen, lost, found, recovered, held for safekeeping, surrendered, relinquished, or under observation. Existing law requires these law enforcement agencies to report to the Department of Justice all available information necessary to identify and trace the history of all recovered firearms that are illegally possessed, have been used in a crime, or are suspected of having been used in a crime, within 7 calendar days of obtaining the information. Existing law requires that the information collected be maintained by the department for a period of not less than 10 years, and to be available, under guidelines set forth by the Attorney General, for academic and policy research purposes. Existing law also requires the department to, on an ongoing basis, analyze the information collected for patterns and trends relating to recovered firearms that have been illegally possessed, used in a crime, or suspected to have been used in a crime, including the leading sources and origins of those firearms. This bill would clarify that the information relied on by the department for its analysis of patterns and trends be available, upon request, to any California town, city, county, or state government agency, the California State University, the University of California, or specified private postsecondary educational institutions in California, under conditions and format options set forth by the Attorney General, as specified.

Who sponsors CA AB 1743?

Wicks is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1743, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to enter each firearm into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System that has been reported stolen, lost, found, recovered, held for safekeeping, surrendered, relinquished, or under observation. Existing law requires these law enforcement agencies to report to the Department of Justice all available information necessary to identify and trace the history of all recovered firearms that are illegally possessed, have been used in a crime, or are suspected of having been used in a crime, within 7 calendar days of obtaining the information. Existing law requires that the information collected be maintained by the department for a period of not less than 10 years, and to be available, under guidelines set forth by the Attorney General, for academic and policy research purposes. Existing law also requires the department to, on an ongoing basis, analyze the information collected for patterns and trends relating to recovered firearms that have been illegally possessed, used in a crime, or suspected to have been used in a crime, including the leading sources and origins of those firearms. This bill would clarify that the information relied on by the department for its analysis of patterns and trends be available, upon request, to any California town, city, county, or state government agency, the California State University, the University of California, or specified private postsecondary educational institutions in California, under conditions and format options set forth by the Attorney General, as specified.

Introduced
2026-05-14
Latest action
2026-09-26 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 457, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wicksauthor
  • Stefanicoauthor
  • Graysoncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-26

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 457, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-26

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-08-28

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18.).

  5. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 6417.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-08-20

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10.).

  8. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 5585.).

  9. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).

  11. 2026-08-13

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

  12. 2026-06-29

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  13. 2026-06-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2026-06-04

    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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  15. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-05-27

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

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  17. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18.)

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  18. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 5398.)

  19. 2026-05-19

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2026-05-18

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

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  21. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 14).

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  22. 2026-04-22

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

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  23. 2026-03-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2026-02-23

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  25. 2026-02-06

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.

  26. 2026-02-05

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/05/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-05Compare
  • 05/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-18Compare
  • 06/04/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-04Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 08/26/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-26Compare
  • 09/26/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-26Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB1743Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-10 · pass · 7-1

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Schultz: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Lackey: no
    • Alanis: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 11-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Dixon: other

  • AB 1743 Wicks Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-27 · pass · 59-18

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

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

    2026-06-16 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2026-06-29 · pass · 7-0

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

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