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February Report
Assembly Bills
AB 1589 - Chen (R) - SUPPORT
Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1589/2025
Analysis: This bill expands who has access to suppressors in California by allowing those who are Level I reserve peace officers to use them in the course of their duties when authorized. A few examples of who would be able to use suppressors include persons who have been deputized by a local police department, such as a reserve deputy sheriff, reserve city police officer, a reserve park ranger, and a reserve special agent for the Department of Justice (DOJ) amongst others. Expanding access to suppressors to people who wish to volunteer and give back to their communities could potentially be a good way to destigmatize suppressors, allowing an inroad to show that suppressors in the hands of the people are not dangerous and unusual, but can be useful tools to facilitate lawful actions.
Status: Assembly Public Safety Committee hearing on March 3rd at 9 Am.
AB 1615 - Nguyen (D) - MONITOR Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1615/2025 Analysis: Increasing the frequency of when a peace officer employed by a county probation department has to complete Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) training qualifications with what is deemed to be an “unsafe handgun” appears to be downstream from the misconceived notion that off-roster handguns are somehow more dangerous than those on the roster because of the lack of required features. Additionally, by imposing a state-mandated local program, this bill will cost the state more money to schedule even more qualification classes for said specified peace officers. We will be monitoring this bill in its current form as it goes through the legislative process. Status: Assembly Public Safety Committee hearing on March 3rd at 9 AM.
AB 1701 - DeMaio (R) - SUPPORT Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1701/2025 Analysis: School shootings are intolerable acts of evil, and should be treated as such. Cracking down on soft on crime policies by eliminating the option for seeking recall after someone who is convicted of a school shooting and sentenced, no matter the age, sends a message. Being tough on crime to ensure the worst of the worst never walk the streets again is imperative to public safety. Status: May be heard in committee March 7th.
AB 1743 - Wicks (D) - OPPOSE Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1743/2025 Analysis: This bill would authorize cities, counties, and universities to gather more information about firearms from the Automated Firearms System (AFS) for research purposes. Considering the left-leaning bias of firearms studies in California, we are skeptical at best that this would be used for impartial or good faith research instead of overtly partisan scrutiny. Furthermore, the thought of having more government agencies and universities in possession of even more gun owners’ information through the AFS should be met with suspicion, as there are also privacy concerns with this bill. Leaking gun owners’ personal information is also a serious concern, especially since the DOJ previously had a data breach that revealed sensitive information about CCW holders in similar circumstances. Status: May be heard in committee March 8th.
AB 1753 - Stefani (D) - OPPOSE Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1753/2025 Analysis: Expanding the scope of protective orders in relation to relinquishing firearms and ammunition should be met with scrutiny. California already has egregious red flag laws that erroneously disarm people during the prehearing of a trial. Creating more avenues for vindictive opportunists to disarm people around them is not gun safety, it is weaponizing the judiciary targeted at someone who might not deserve to be disarmed, inverting due process and perverting justice. Conversely, even if someone is proven to be a danger to themselves or others, criminals do not follow the law, thus they will pay no mind to something as trivial to them as a protective order, and will find a way to access firearms and ammunition through other means. Status: May be heard in committee March 12th.
AB 1810 - Berman (D) - MONITOR Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1810/2025 Analysis: Introduced by the same Assemblymember who authored AB 1078, the 3-in-30 bill from last year, this is a spot bill for now. Only time will tell if this bill will pertain to Firearms Dealers or something else firearms related. Status: May be heard in committee March 13th.
AB 1912 - Hadwick (R) - SUPPORT Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1912/2025 Analysis: Allowing more opportunities to conceal carry, especially while hunting for deer during archery season, helps expand the scope of concealed carry. The California Legislature had previously banned being able to conceal carry while deer hunting with a bow, and this bill seeks to remedy that. Archers should be able to protect themselves in the most effective way possible in the wilderness. Status: May be heard in committee March 15th.
AB 1943 - Gipson (D) - MONITOR Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1974/2025 Analysis: Giving educational resources for families to learn about the convoluted web of California gun laws, even if it may be a fraction of the plethora of statutes on the books, can help if used correctly. As we have seen before, there have been legislative efforts to codify propaganda, some of which has already been signed into law, to be sent out to gun owners that contain very biased information meant to demean gun ownership to discourage it altogether. The bill author has not indicated that creating more state-mandated propaganda is his goal, and that providing neutral, straightforward information is the main intent, but we will be keeping an eye on this bill as it goes through the legislative process. Status: May be heard in committee March 16th.
AB 1948 - Ramos (D) - SUPPORT Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1948/2025 Analysis: Coming off the heels of AB 1092 failing in the Assembly Public Safety Committee in January, this new bill aims to expand conceal carry in a different way. Newly issued CCWs would be valid for three years, and renewals would be valid for six years. Extending the validity of CCWs is a step in the right direction to not make bearing arms such a tedious task in California. With understaffed sheriff’s departments, absurd application processing times from certain municipalities, and extraneous fees, this bill could alleviate the workload for departments to allow new CCW licenses and renewals to be processed more efficiently and cost effectively. Regarding concerns expressed by many pertaining to the “shall not exceed” portion of the amended penal code, that language already exists in current state law, and CCWs are continually valid for two years all across California, even in hostile counties. Unexpectedly, this bill was introduced by Assemblymembers James Ramos and Avelino Valencia, two Democrats; a pro-gun bill from Democrats in California is quite anomalous, but we are open to having Assemblymembers Ramos and Valencia assist us in good faith to progress positive CCW legislation. Status: May be heard in committee March 16th.
AB 1974 - Stefani (D) - OPPOSE Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1974/2025 Analysis: The vast majority of self-disarming programs wherein people relinquish their firearms waste money and resources and do not contribute to a decline in crime. Police Departments do not have the capacity to create space for people to store firearms, and should not be treated as a glorified storage shed. ○ Status: May be heard in committee March 16th. ● AB 2720 - Schiavo (D) - MONITOR ○ Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2720/2025 ○ Analysis: This bill was introduced on February 2oth, which was the final day new bills could be introduced for the 2026 session, and is currently a spot bill. We will keep an eye on this bill to see if it will pertain to “assault weapons” or something else firearms related. Status: Read for the first time. To print.
AB 2761 - Petrie-Norris (D) - MONITOR Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2761/2025 Analysis: This bill, just like AB 2720, was introduced on the final day new bills could be introduced for the 2026 session, and is currently a spot bill. We will keep an eye on this bill to see if it will pertain to crimes dealing with firearm transfers or something else firearms related. Status: Read for the first time. To print Senate Bills
SB 931 - Laird (D) - MONITOR Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB931/2025 Analysis: This is a spot bill for now. We will have to find out if this bill will pertain to flamethrowers or something else related to flamethrowers or explosives that could be firearms adjacent. Status: Pending the Senate Rules Committee.
SB 948 - Arreguín (D) - OPPOSE Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB948/2025 Analysis: The idea for this bill was already defeated last year in the form of AB 1187, and is now being tried again in the Senate by the same Senator who introduced SB 704, the barrel background checks bill from last year. If signed into law, this bill would place another monetary and time consuming roadblock in the way for people to access firearms; requiring eight hours of mandatory state-approved training is absurd, and it certainly will not be cheap. Shooting ranges do not have the capacity to host a myriad of training courses, which will result in delaying law-abiding people from acquiring arms in a reasonable manner. The government dictating the manner in which the people can exercise their rights through overbearing licensing schemes is, and always will be, an egregious overreach and meaningfully constrains the right to keep and bear arms. Similar to other gun control measures, this bill would also create a state-mandated local program, which will cost the state extra money to operate. Additionally, the funds for this new program would come from the Dealer Record of Sale (DROS) account upon appropriation from the Legislature. We believe this could potentially open the door for the DOJ to increase the total DROS fees if the Department wishes to accrue more money for the DROS account, causing all background check fees to increase. Status: Pending the Senate Public Safety Committee.
SB 1021 - Choi (R) - SUPPORT Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB1021/2025 Analysis: This is a CRPA backed bill. Expanding opportunities for hunting and fishing has always been a part of our mission at CRPA, and we are excited to be giving back to youth who are bravely battling life-threatening illnesses and have lost a family member in service to this country. The Fish and Game Commission would be tasked with creating a program to increase hunting and fishing opportunities for said youth. This bill has also received bipartisan support in the Senate and Assembly. Status: Pending the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee.
AB 1615 - Nguyen (D) - MONITOR Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1615/2025 Analysis: Increasing the frequency of when a peace officer employed by a county probation department has to complete Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) training qualifications with what is deemed to be an “unsafe handgun” appears to be downstream from the misconceived notion that off-roster handguns are somehow more dangerous than those on the roster because of the lack of required features. Additionally, by imposing a state-mandated local program, this bill will cost the state more money to schedule even more qualification classes for said specified peace officers. We will be monitoring this bill in its current form as it goes through the legislative process. Status: Assembly Public Safety Committee hearing on March 3rd at 9 AM.
AB 1701 - DeMaio (R) - SUPPORT Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1701/2025 Analysis: School shootings are intolerable acts of evil, and should be treated as such. Cracking down on soft on crime policies by eliminating the option for seeking recall after someone who is convicted of a school shooting and sentenced, no matter the age, sends a message. Being tough on crime to ensure the worst of the worst never walk the streets again is imperative to public safety. Status: May be heard in committee March 7th.
AB 1743 - Wicks (D) - OPPOSE Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1743/2025 Analysis: This bill would authorize cities, counties, and universities to gather more information about firearms from the Automated Firearms System (AFS) for research purposes. Considering the left-leaning bias of firearms studies in California, we are skeptical at best that this would be used for impartial or good faith research instead of overtly partisan scrutiny. Furthermore, the thought of having more government agencies and universities in possession of even more gun owners’ information through the AFS should be met with suspicion, as there are also privacy concerns with this bill. Leaking gun owners’ personal information is also a serious concern, especially since the DOJ previously had a data breach that revealed sensitive information about CCW holders in similar circumstances. Status: May be heard in committee March 8th.
AB 1753 - Stefani (D) - OPPOSE Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1753/2025 Analysis: Expanding the scope of protective orders in relation to relinquishing firearms and ammunition should be met with scrutiny. California already has egregious red flag laws that erroneously disarm people during the prehearing of a trial. Creating more avenues for vindictive opportunists to disarm people around them is not gun safety, it is weaponizing the judiciary targeted at someone who might not deserve to be disarmed, inverting due process and perverting justice. Conversely, even if someone is proven to be a danger to themselves or others, criminals do not follow the law, thus they will pay no mind to something as trivial to them as a protective order, and will find a way to access firearms and ammunition through other means. Status: May be heard in committee March 12th.
AB 1810 - Berman (D) - MONITOR Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1810/2025 Analysis: Introduced by the same Assemblymember who authored AB 1078, the 3-in-30 bill from last year, this is a spot bill for now. Only time will tell if this bill will pertain to Firearms Dealers or something else firearms related. Status: May be heard in committee March 13th.
AB 1912 - Hadwick (R) - SUPPORT Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1912/2025 Analysis: Allowing more opportunities to conceal carry, especially while hunting for deer during archery season, helps expand the scope of concealed carry. The California Legislature had previously banned being able to conceal carry while deer hunting with a bow, and this bill seeks to remedy that. Archers should be able to protect themselves in the most effective way possible in the wilderness. Status: May be heard in committee March 15th.
AB 1943 - Gipson (D) - MONITOR Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1974/2025 Analysis: Giving educational resources for families to learn about the convoluted web of California gun laws, even if it may be a fraction of the plethora of statutes on the books, can help if used correctly. As we have seen before, there have been legislative efforts to codify propaganda, some of which has already been signed into law, to be sent out to gun owners that contain very biased information meant to demean gun ownership to discourage it altogether. The bill author has not indicated that creating more state-mandated propaganda is his goal, and that providing neutral, straightforward information is the main intent, but we will be keeping an eye on this bill as it goes through the legislative process. Status: May be heard in committee March 16th.
AB 1948 - Ramos (D) - SUPPORT Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1948/2025 Analysis: Coming off the heels of AB 1092 failing in the Assembly Public Safety Committee in January, this new bill aims to expand conceal carry in a different way. Newly issued CCWs would be valid for three years, and renewals would be valid for six years. Extending the validity of CCWs is a step in the right direction to not make bearing arms such a tedious task in California. With understaffed sheriff’s departments, absurd application processing times from certain municipalities, and extraneous fees, this bill could alleviate the workload for departments to allow new CCW licenses and renewals to be processed more efficiently and cost effectively. Regarding concerns expressed by many pertaining to the “shall not exceed” portion of the amended penal code, that language already exists in current state law, and CCWs are continually valid for two years all across California, even in hostile counties. Unexpectedly, this bill was introduced by Assemblymembers James Ramos and Avelino Valencia, two Democrats; a pro-gun bill from Democrats in California is quite anomalous, but we are open to having Assemblymembers Ramos and Valencia assist us in good faith to progress positive CCW legislation. Status: May be heard in committee March 16th.
AB 1974 - Stefani (D) - OPPOSE Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1974/2025 Analysis: The vast majority of self-disarming programs wherein people relinquish their firearms waste money and resources and do not contribute to a decline in crime. Police Departments do not have the capacity to create space for people to store firearms, and should not be treated as a glorified storage shed. ○ Status: May be heard in committee March 16th. ● AB 2720 - Schiavo (D) - MONITOR ○ Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2720/2025 ○ Analysis: This bill was introduced on February 2oth, which was the final day new bills could be introduced for the 2026 session, and is currently a spot bill. We will keep an eye on this bill to see if it will pertain to “assault weapons” or something else firearms related. Status: Read for the first time. To print.
AB 2761 - Petrie-Norris (D) - MONITOR Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2761/2025 Analysis: This bill, just like AB 2720, was introduced on the final day new bills could be introduced for the 2026 session, and is currently a spot bill. We will keep an eye on this bill to see if it will pertain to crimes dealing with firearm transfers or something else firearms related. Status: Read for the first time. To print Senate Bills
SB 931 - Laird (D) - MONITOR Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB931/2025 Analysis: This is a spot bill for now. We will have to find out if this bill will pertain to flamethrowers or something else related to flamethrowers or explosives that could be firearms adjacent. Status: Pending the Senate Rules Committee.
SB 948 - Arreguín (D) - OPPOSE Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB948/2025 Analysis: The idea for this bill was already defeated last year in the form of AB 1187, and is now being tried again in the Senate by the same Senator who introduced SB 704, the barrel background checks bill from last year. If signed into law, this bill would place another monetary and time consuming roadblock in the way for people to access firearms; requiring eight hours of mandatory state-approved training is absurd, and it certainly will not be cheap. Shooting ranges do not have the capacity to host a myriad of training courses, which will result in delaying law-abiding people from acquiring arms in a reasonable manner. The government dictating the manner in which the people can exercise their rights through overbearing licensing schemes is, and always will be, an egregious overreach and meaningfully constrains the right to keep and bear arms. Similar to other gun control measures, this bill would also create a state-mandated local program, which will cost the state extra money to operate. Additionally, the funds for this new program would come from the Dealer Record of Sale (DROS) account upon appropriation from the Legislature. We believe this could potentially open the door for the DOJ to increase the total DROS fees if the Department wishes to accrue more money for the DROS account, causing all background check fees to increase. Status: Pending the Senate Public Safety Committee.
SB 1021 - Choi (R) - SUPPORT Bill Text: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB1021/2025 Analysis: This is a CRPA backed bill. Expanding opportunities for hunting and fishing has always been a part of our mission at CRPA, and we are excited to be giving back to youth who are bravely battling life-threatening illnesses and have lost a family member in service to this country. The Fish and Game Commission would be tasked with creating a program to increase hunting and fishing opportunities for said youth. This bill has also received bipartisan support in the Senate and Assembly. Status: Pending the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee.