Firearms.
Summary
Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to enter each firearm into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System that has been reported stolen, lost, found, recovered, held for safekeeping, surrendered, relinquished, or under observation. Existing law requires these law enforcement agencies to report to the Department of Justice all available information necessary to identify and trace the history of all recovered firearms that are illegally possessed, have been used in a crime, or are suspected of having been used in a crime, within 7 calendar days of obtaining the information. Existing law requires that the information collected be maintained by the department for a period of not less than 10 years, and to be available, under guidelines set forth by the Attorney General, for academic and policy research purposes. Existing law also requires the department to, on an ongoing basis, analyze the information collected for patterns and trends relating to recovered firearms that have been illegally possessed, used in a crime, or suspected to have been used in a crime, including the leading sources and origins of those firearms. This bill would clarify that the information relied on by the department for its analysis of patterns and trends be available, upon request, to any California town, city, county, or state government agency, the California State University, the University of California, or specified private postsecondary educational institutions in California, under conditions and format options set forth by the Attorney General, as specified.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Assembly Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Aug 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2026
Last action Aug 28, 2026
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No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions. The diff reflects a transition from the formal enrolled document format (with signature blocks, official dates, and legislative counsel's digest in traditional layout) to a web-based presentation of the same bill text. The actual statutory language of Penal Code Section 11108.3 is identical in both versions.
TECHNICAL
The formal enrolled document header (Chief Clerk signature line, Governor receipt date/time line, Private Secretary of the Governor block) was replaced with a web page layout including navigation menus, bill status timeline, and a 'Digest Key' showing Vote: MAJORITY, Appropriation: NO, Fiscal Committee: YES, Local Program: NO.
The bill text (Section 11108.3 subdivisions a through i) was reformatted for web display with different line breaks and spacing, but the substantive statutory language is unchanged.
Floor votes · Senate Aug 20, 2026 · Assembly May 27, 2026
How they voted
28–10
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Aug 20, 2026
D
Democratic30
93% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
7
Aug 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18.).
lower
Aug 20, 2026
Introduced
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
lower
Aug 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10.).
upper
Aug 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
upper
Aug 13, 2026
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
upper
Jun 29, 2026
Committee
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
upper
Jun 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 4, 2026
Introduced
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.
upper
Jun 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
upper
May 27, 2026
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (58-18-3)
assembly
May 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18.)
lower
May 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
lower
May 14, 2026
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 14).
lower
Apr 22, 2026
Committee
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Buffy Wicks
DDemocratic
Co
Catherine Stefani
DDemocratic
Co
Tim Grayson
DDemocratic
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