Firearms: prohibited persons
Chaptered. Effective date is not on the official record yet.
Official status checked 2026-10-04 23:47 PT
Sen. Melissa Hurtado · Last amended 2026-08-19
Bill summary
Existing law, subject to exceptions, provides that any person who has been convicted of certain misdemeanors may not, within 10 years of the conviction, own, purchase, receive, possess or have under their custody or control, any firearm and makes a violation of that prohibition punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.
Under existing law, a person who alters, removes, or obliterates, or who buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, or has in possession any pistol, revolver, or other firearm that has had the name of the maker or model or the manufacturer’s number or other mark of identification changed, altered, removed, or obliterated is guilty of a misdemeanor.
This bill would prohibit a person, who is convicted on or after January 1, 2027, of the above prohibition, from owning, purchasing, receiving, or having in their possession or under their custody or control any firearm within 10 years of the conviction.
By expanding the scope of an existing crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
The official digest continues on the official text.
Now vs if chaptered
NOW: chaptered as Ch. 466 (Sept. 26, 2026). New 29805 predicates (23920 and the AB 1753 list in §1.5) apply to convictions on or after January 1, 2027 only. Combined text is operative because this bill was enacted after AB 1753.
Defender utility
California PDs: live Ch. 466, but the new §29805 predicates apply only to convictions on or after January 1, 2027. A current §23920(a) serial-obliteration misdemeanor is not itself a 10-year ban until a post-2026 conviction. Same for the AB 1753 protective-order / hate-crime list in the combined §1.5 text. Do not let a DA bootstrap an old 23920 or 29825 into a new 29805 count. Relief paths in §29855 / §29860 still apply. Pair with AB 1753 card id 7.
Who this is for. PDs on serial-obliteration and future 29805 calendars — live Ch. 466; new predicates only for convictions on or after January 1, 2027.
Key dates
- Chapter
- 466
- Approved
- 2026-09-26
- Chaptered
- 2026-09-26
- Introduced
- 2026-02-19
- 29805 predicate
- 2027-01-01
- Default effective
- 2027-01-01
Exemptions (draft)
§29855 and §29860 reduction/elimination/condition paths still apply. Outstanding-warrant 29805(a)(2) is unchanged.
Penalties (if chaptered)
New 29805 predicates: jail up to 1 year or prison, and/or $1,000. Existing 23920 misdemeanor is unchanged; this bill only adds a 10-year possessory ban after a 2027-or-later conviction.