Proposed California Firearm Legislation AB2796
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 the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 11105 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: Read second time and amended.
Last Action Date: June 10, 2026
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: Public Safety
Percentage of State Assembly sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 80)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| 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 | 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 |
| Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar | 06/9/2026 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
Link: link to state bill page
