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Proposed California Firearm Legislation AB2796

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Criminal history information: background checks.

Description: An act to amend Sections 2736, 4606, 6533.5, and 22253.5 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Section 14502 of the Corporations Code, to amend Sections 33192, 33195.2, 44237, and 45125.1 of the Education Code, to amend Section 8908 of the Family Code, to amend Sections 1300 and 17331 of the Financial Code, to amend Section 725 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, to amend Sections 1522, 1568.09, 1569.17, and 1596.871 of, and to add Section 54933 to, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 11105, 11105.001, 11105.002, 11105.05, and 11105.3 of, to add Section 11105.003 to, and to repeal and add Section 23520 of, the Penal Code, to amend Section 5164 of the Public Resources Code, and to amend Sections 14043.38 and 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to criminal history information, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

Last Action: Ordered to third reading.

Last Action Date: August 17, 2026

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Public Safety

Percentage of State Assembly sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 80)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Aug 17, 2026 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Senate Aug 17, 2026 Ordered to third reading.
Senate Aug 17, 2026 From Consent Calendar.
Senate Aug 13, 2026 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
Senate Aug 11, 2026 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Senate Aug 5, 2026 Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Senate Aug 5, 2026 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.
Senate Jul 2, 2026 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Assembly Jul 2, 2026 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5983.).
Assembly Jun 25, 2026 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Assembly Jun 24, 2026 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24).
Assembly Jun 11, 2026 Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Assembly Jun 10, 2026 Read second time and amended.
Assembly Jun 9, 2026 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9).
Assembly May 28, 2026 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Assembly May 27, 2026 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
Assembly Apr 20, 2026 Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Assembly Apr 17, 2026 From printer. May be heard in committee May 17.
Assembly Apr 16, 2026 Read first time. To print.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Aug 5, 2026 state link bill text
Amended Jun 10, 2026 state link bill text
Amended May 27, 2026 state link bill text
Introduced Apr 16, 2026 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
06/9/2026 9 0 0 0 Yes
  • Alanis, Juan (R) Yea
  • Haney, Matt (D) Yea
  • Harabedian, John (D) Yea
  • Hart, Gregg (D) Yea
  • Lackey, Tom (R) Yea
  • Nguyen, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Ramos, James (D) Yea
  • Schultz, Nick (D) Yea
  • Sharp-Collins, LaShae (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/24/2026 15 0 0 0 Yes
  • Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia (D) Yea
  • Calderon, Lisa (D) Yea
  • Caloza, Jessica (D) Yea
  • Dixon, Diane (R) Yea
  • Fong, Mike (D) Yea
  • Gonzalez, Mark (D) Yea
  • Hoover, Josh (R) Yea
  • Krell, Maggy (D) Yea
  • Pacheco, Blanca (D) Yea
  • Pellerin, Gail (D) Yea
  • Sharp-Collins, LaShae (D) Yea
  • Solache, Jose (D) Yea
  • Ta, Tri (R) Yea
  • Tangipa, David (R) Yea
  • Wicks, Buffy (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
07/2/2026 70 0 0 9 Yes
  • Addis, Dawn (D) Yea
  • Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia (D) Yea
  • Ahrens, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Alanis, Juan (R) Yea
  • Alvarez, David (D) Yea
  • Arambula, Joaquin (D) Yea
  • Avila Farias, Anamarie (D) Yea
  • Bains, Jasmeet (D) Absent
  • Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca (D) Yea
  • Bennett, Steve (D) Yea
  • Berman, Marc (D) Yea
  • Boerner Horvath, Tasha (D) Yea
  • Bonta, Mia (D) Yea
  • Bryan, Isaac (D) Absent
  • Calderon, Lisa (D) Absent
  • Caloza, Jessica (D) Yea
  • Carrillo, Juan (D) Yea
  • Castillo, Leticia (R) Yea
  • Chen, Phillip (R) Absent
  • Connolly, Damon (D) Yea
  • Davies, Laurie (R) Yea
  • DeMaio, Carl (R) Yea
  • Dixon, Diane (R) Yea
  • Elhawary, Sade (D) Absent
  • Ellis, Stan (R) Absent
  • Flora, Heath (R) Yea
  • Fong, Mike (D) Yea
  • Gabriel, Jesse (D) Yea
  • Garcia, Robert (D) Yea
  • Gipson, Mike (D) Yea
  • Gonzalez, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Gonzalez, Mark (D) Yea
  • Hadwick, Heather (R) Yea
  • Haney, Matt (D) Yea
  • Harabedian, John (D) Yea
  • Hart, Gregg (D) Yea
  • Hoover, Josh (R) Yea
  • Irwin, Jacqui (D) Yea
  • Jackson, Corey (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Natasha (R) Yea
  • Kalra, Ash (D) Yea
  • Krell, Maggy (D) Yea
  • Lackey, Tom (R) Yea
  • Lee, Alex (D) Yea
  • Lowenthal, Josh (D) Yea
  • Macedo, Alexandra (R) Yea
  • McKinnor, Tina (D) Yea
  • Muratsuchi, Al (D) Yea
  • Nguyen, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Ortega, Liz (D) Yea
  • Pacheco, Blanca (D) Yea
  • Papan, Diane (D) Absent
  • Patel, Darshana (D) Yea
  • Patterson, Joe (R) Yea
  • Pellerin, Gail (D) Yea
  • Petrie-Norris, Cottie (D) Yea
  • Quirk-Silva, Sharon (D) Yea
  • Ramos, James (D) Yea
  • Ransom, Rhodesia (D) Absent
  • Rivas, Robert (D) Yea
  • Rodriguez, Celeste (D) Yea
  • Rodriguez, Michelle (D) Yea
  • Rogers, Chris (D) Yea
  • Rubio, Blanca (D) Yea
  • Sanchez, Kate (R) Absent
  • Schiavo, Pilar (D) Yea
  • Schultz, Nick (D) Yea
  • Sharp-Collins, LaShae (D) Yea
  • Solache, Jose (D) Yea
  • Soria, Esmeralda (D) Yea
  • Stefani, Catherine (D) Yea
  • Ta, Tri (R) Yea
  • Tangipa, David (R) Yea
  • Valencia, Avelino (D) Yea
  • Wallis, Greg (R) Yea
  • Ward, Chris (D) Yea
  • Wicks, Buffy (D) Yea
  • Wilson, Lori (D) Yea
  • Zbur, Rick (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
08/11/2026 6 0 0 0 Yes
  • Arreguin, Jesse (D) Yea
  • Caballero, Anna (D) Yea
  • Cortese, Dave (D) Yea
  • Perez, Sasha (D) Yea
  • Seyarto, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Wiener, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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