California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB1220: Firearms: prohibited persons.
Status: Chaptered, September 26, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 29805 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms. firearms Firearms: prohibited persons. 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…
From the chaptered text, September 26, 2026:
An act to amend Section 29805 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms. firearms Firearms: prohibited persons. 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. This bill would provide that the provisions of this bill are severable. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 29805 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 1753 to be operative only if this …
Sponsors
- Melissa Hurtado (D, SD16) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 466, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- : Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5795.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- : Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- : Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- : Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 6394.) Ordered to the Senate.
- : In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
- : Read third time and amended.
Votes
- Unfinished Business SB1220 Hurtado Concurrence (August 25, 2026): 30 yea, 9 nay, passed
- SB 1220 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Schiavo (August 24, 2026): 59 yea, 12 nay, passed
- Do pass. (August 13, 2026): 11 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 23, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate 3rd Reading SB1220 Hurtado (May 27, 2026): 30 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Do pass (May 14, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1220?
- SB1220 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Firearms: prohibited persons.
- What does SB1220 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Section 29805 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms. firearms Firearms: prohibited persons. 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…
- What is the status of SB1220?
- Chaptered as of September 26, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 466, Statutes of 2026. (September 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1220?
- Melissa Hurtado (D, SD16).
- Where is the official record for SB1220?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1220
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