Gun Violence Prevention Bill Package

The 2026 Gun Violence Prevention Package includes nine bills strengthening firearm safety, improving accountability, and streamlining voluntary safe storage programs. Three of the bills were authored by Assemblymember Stefani.

This package reinforces our commitment to tackling gun violence and promoting public safety. People across California deserve to feel safe in their own communities.

Legislation

• Protect Survivors from Firearms

• AB 1753: The Survivor Pathways to Safety Act (Stefani)

  • Takes on critical gaps in survivor protection by strengthening firearm surrender requirements, improving coordination between courts and law enforcement, and registering more protective orders in background check databases.

• Prevent Illegal Firearms

• AB 1810: Firearm Industry Accountability (Berman)

  • Authorizes the California Department of Justice to hold firearm dealers accountable and crack down on firearms used or purchased illegally.

• AB 2047: Firearm Printing Prevention Act (Bauer- Kahan)

  • Requires all 3-D printers sold in California to have firearm blocking features.

• Research & Guidelines

• AB 2378: Office of Community Violence Intervention (Gabriel)

  • Establishes an Office of Community Violence Intervention to provide more support and guidance to critical violence intervention work across California.

• AB 458: Firearm Procurement (Stefani)

  • Requires the state to develop model firearm procurement guidelines to support all state agencies and departments that purchase firearms or ammunition.

• AB 1743: Firearm Trace Data Sharing (Wicks)

  • Facilitates requests for firearm trace data from the California Department of Justice for research and public policy purposes.

• Firearm Safety & Storage

• SB 948: Firearms Safety Certificates (Arreguín)

  • Requires training for anyone who wishes to obtain a firearms safety certificate valid for 5 years and is required for purchasing a firearm in California.

• AB 1974: Voluntary Safe Storage Program (Stefani)

  • Recommends police departments create voluntary safe storage programs and establishes the guidelines for the program.

• AB 1943: Secure Firearm Storage Notification (Gipson)

  • Updates and expands how schools share secure firearm storage information.

Want to read the bill language? Look up the bill number in California Legislative Information.