CA SB 248

in committee

Firearms: information to new owners.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 248 pass?

Not yet. CA SB 248 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

What is CA SB 248 about?

Existing law requires any sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm to be processed through a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law exempts from this requirement certain transfers such as those made by gift, bequest, intestate succession, or operation of law, among others. Existing law requires a person who receives a firearm pursuant to these provisions to submit to the Department of Justice a report, as prescribed by the department, describing the firearm and providing personal information. Existing law requires, for a firearm purchase when the register is used, 2 copies of the original sheet of the register containing certain information to be mailed to the department, and when the electronic or telephonic transfer of applicant information is used, the record of applicant information be transmitted to the department by electronic or telephonic transfer. Existing law requires that fees charged by the department for the processing of these forms be deposited in the Dealers' Record of Sale Special Account, which is available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to offset certain costs relating to the regulation of firearms, among other things. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2027, require the department to mail to each purchaser of a firearm, within 10 days of the application, or any person who notifies the department pursuant to the above-described reports of a firearm transaction, within 10 days of the notification, a letter that includes certain information relevant to firearm ownership, such as information on how to legally transfer or relinquish a firearm and resources regarding gun violence restraining orders, among others.

Who sponsors CA SB 248?

Rubio is the primary sponsor of CA SB 248, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-01-30
Latest action: 2025-08-29 — August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-01-30
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-03
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
2025-02-14
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-03-07
Set for hearing March 25.
2025-03-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 533.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-03-28
Set for hearing April 7.
2025-04-07
April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1193.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 1513.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-05
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-16
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-06-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-07-02
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-02
Coauthors revised.
2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Versions

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05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
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Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-03-25 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (6)
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Seyarto: no
Placed on suspense file
2025-04-07 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 28-11
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Strickland: no
- Seyarto: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Hurtado: no
- Choi: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Niello: no
- Grove: no
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-01 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Alanis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Haney: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lackey: other

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB248

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