California's Anti-Gun Package Survives Summer Recess — Eight Bills Still Alive for August

Lawmakers will not return to Sacramento until August 3. That pause is not a win — it is a countdown. NRA-ILA's July 2 legislative roundup shows multiple Assembly and Senate measures advancing through committee and reading files while gun owners were watching fireworks.

Assembly Bill 1974 is on the Senate Third Reading File. Framed as a voluntary firearm storage measure, it expands government involvement in how lawfully owned guns are held and returned. NRA-ILA warns the bill's destruction provisions and California's existing firearm-release bureaucracy could make it difficult or costly for owners to recover weapons surrendered for temporary safekeeping.

Four Assembly bills sit in Senate Appropriations: AB 1743 expands access to data in California's Automated Firearms System — a sensitive point after the California Department of Justice exposed thousands of gun owners' and carry permit holders' personal information in a widely reported 2022 breach. AB 1753 would extend Gun Violence Restraining Order procedures to ammunition possession, not just firearms. AB 1810 gives the California DOJ broader authority to remove licensed dealers from the state's centralized list and mandates targeted annual inspections. AB 2047 would restrict sale or transfer of 3D printers unless they carry so-called firearm blueprint detection algorithms — a measure NRA-ILA says implicates free speech and lawful technology use beyond the gun community.

On the Senate side, SB 948 would expand Firearm Safety Certificate requirements to a minimum four-hour training course beginning in 2028, including live-fire and state-prescribed classroom instruction. SB 1220 would add a new misdemeanor that triggers a 10-year firearm prohibition for dealing with firearms with altered serial numbers — expanding California's list of misdemeanor convictions that strip constitutional rights.

Two Assembly bills await Assembly Appropriations referral on the Senate-passed side of the process as the chamber winds down its summer calendar.

Not everything moved against gun owners. Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1948, extending concealed carry permit validity to up to three years for new licenses — reducing renewal churn for permit holders who already cleared California's background checks and training gauntlet.

For California gun owners, the operational takeaway is simple: the fight did not adjourn with the Legislature. August floor sessions will decide whether storage mandates, database sharing, ammo GVROs, dealer attrition, printer restrictions, and training taxes become law — or die in appropriations.

Track bill numbers with your state association and NRA-ILA alerts before lawmakers gavel back in.