California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1753: Protective orders: firearms and ammunition: notice and procedures.
Status: Chaptered, September 26, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 527, 527.8, 527.85, 527.9, 527.11, and 527.12 of, and to add Section 527.13 to, the Code of Civil Procedure, to amend Sections 6380, 6380.5, 6383, 6401, and 6402 of, and to add Section 6403.5 to, the Family Code, to amend, repeal, and add Section 26666.10 of the Government Code, and to amend Sections 273.75, 422.85, 422.865, 16520, 18120, 18120.5, 18205, 29805, and 29825 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 422.88 of, and to add Sections 136.26 and 29813.5 to, the Penal Code, relating to protective orders…
From the chaptered text, September 26, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 527, 527.8, 527.85, 527.9, 527.11, and 527.12 of, and to add Section 527.13 to, the Code of Civil Procedure, to amend Sections 6380, 6380.5, 6383, 6401, and 6402 of, and to add Section 6403.5 to, the Family Code, to amend, repeal, and add Section 26666.10 of the Government Code, and to amend Sections 273.75, 422.85, 422.865, 16520, 18120, 18120.5, 18205, 29805, and 29825 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 422.88 of, and to add Sections 136.26 and 29813.5 to, the Penal Code, relating to protective orders. protective orders Protective orders: firearms and ammunition: notice and procedures. (1) Existing law establishes procedures by which a person may petition the court for certain protective or restraining orders, including civil harassment restraining orders, domestic violence restraining orders, elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders, gun violence restraining orders, postsecondary school restraining orders, and workplace violence restraining orders, to enjoin a restrained person from taking specified actions. Before a hearing on the issuance or denial of a domestic violence restraining order or gun violence restraining order, existing law requires the court to ensure that a search has been conducted to determine, among other things, if the subject of the proposed order owns or possesses a firearm as reflected in the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System. If after …