CA AB 1948

enacted

Firearms: concealed carry licenses.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law prohibits a person from carrying a concealed firearm or carrying a loaded firearm in public. Existing law requires a licensing authority to issue or renew a license to carry a firearm capable of being concealed if specified conditions are met, including, among others, that the applicant is not a disqualified person for the license, as specified, and the applicant has completed a specified course of training. Existing law makes a new or renewal license that is issued to be valid for a period of time not to exceed 2 years from the date of the license, except as otherwise provided. This bill would extend the duration of those licenses to 3 years from the date of the license. The bill would make conforming changes.

Introduced: 2026-03-18
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 44, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-02-13
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2026-02-14
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-03-18
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 17).
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2026-03-19
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-03-23
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-03-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4442.)
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2026-03-26
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-06
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 9).
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2026-06-10
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-06-15
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
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2026-06-15
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-06-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
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2026-06-30
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-06-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 44, Statutes of 2026.
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Versions

02/13/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-13Compare
03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
06/17/26 - Enrolled — 2026-06-17Compare
06/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-06-30Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar.
2026-03-17 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Ramos: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Haney: yes
AB 1948 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day
2026-03-26 · pass · 71-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Wicks: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Krell: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Solache: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hart: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Fong: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Lee: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Chen: yes
- Kalra: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Bains: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Addis: yes
- Davies: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Soria: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ellis: other
- Ávila Farías: other
- Carrillo: other
- Berman: other
- Mark González: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Alvarez: other
- Flora: other
- Dixon: other
- Elhawary: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ta: yes
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2026-06-09 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Pérez: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1948 Ramos et al.
2026-06-15 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Seyarto: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Becker: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Jones: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Choi: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Stern: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ashby: other
- McNerney: other

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