Firearms: prohibited persons
Chaptered. Effective date is not on the official record yet.
Official status checked 2026-10-04 23:47 PT
Asm. Mike A. Gipson · Last amended 2026-04-23
Bill summary
Existing law prohibits a juvenile who is adjudged a ward of the juvenile court due to the commission of specified serious or violent offenses from subsequently owning or possessing a firearm until they are 30 years of age.
Existing law requires the juvenile court to notify the Department of Justice of persons subject to these provisions, as specified.
This bill would require the juvenile court to notify the department if the juvenile court grants a dismissal of a juvenile petition for an offense that subjected the juvenile to the above-described firearm prohibition. (2)
Existing law authorizes certain juvenile records to be sealed upon order of the court and to subsequently be destroyed.
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Now vs if chaptered
NOW: chaptered as Ch. 462 (Sept. 26, 2026). Default effective January 1, 2027. Tightens how existing juvenile and mental-health status prohibitions are reported and kept in force; not a new possessory felony.
Defender utility
California PDs on juvenile §29820 calendars and WIC §8103 mental-health-hold prohibitions: this is live Ch. 462 as of default January 1, 2027. Check whether DOJ was notified of a WIC 782 dismissal that should have cleared a until-30 ban. On 5150/5250 facts, the reporting duty now follows the receiving facility — a missing or late report is a defense to a prohibition built only on that report. Release from intensive treatment after certification review does not lift the five-year ban; do not advise clients otherwise. Demand the substantiating documents that the statute now requires in the DOJ packet. Existing §29800/§29805/§8103 remain the charged hooks.
Who this is for. PDs on juvenile until-30 bans and 5150/5250 firearm-prohibition packets — live Ch. 462 reporting rewrite, default January 1, 2027.
Key dates
- Chapter
- 462
- Approved
- 2026-09-26
- Chaptered
- 2026-09-26
- Introduced
- 2026-02-19
- Default effective
- 2027-01-01
Exemptions (draft)
WIC 786 sealing still occurs, but a record with a sustained petition rendering the person ineligible under §29820 is not destroyed until age 33. DOJ may give the person a copy of a sealed record it reviewed for firearm suitability.
Penalties (if chaptered)
§29820 violation remains jail up to 1 year or prison, and/or $1,000. Unauthorized disclosure of WIC 8103/8105 reports is a misdemeanor (scope expanded). The five-year intensive-treatment prohibition continues after release from certification review or habeas.