Newsom Signs 10 New California Gun-Control Laws into Effect

Published On: September 30, 2026
Updated: October 1, 2026 BY Larry Z

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed another package of firearm-related legislation on Saturday, Sept. 26, adding new restrictions and mandates during his final months in office.

The governor’s announcement covered 10 bills addressing firearms, protective orders, storage, youth programs and violence-prevention grants. NRA-ILA focused its response on six measures it says will directly burden gun owners, firearm purchasers and emerging technology.

Newsom described the package as another step in California’s “gun safety leadership.” NRA-ILA offered a very different assessment.

The organization argued that the bills continue an aggressive record that already includes an 11% excise tax on firearms and ammunition, expanded red flag laws, carry restrictions and additional dealer regulations.

Newsom has signed more than 80 gun-related measures since taking office in 2019. The group also pointed to his proposed 28th Amendment, which would place several firearm restrictions into the U.S. Constitution.

Here is the brass-tacks breakdown of the six bills highlighted by NRA-ILA.


Table of contents
AB 1743: Expanded Access to Firearm Data
AB 1753: More Protective-Order Procedures
AB 1974: Voluntary Police Storage
AB 2047: Restrictions on 3D Printers
SB 948: Four-Hour Training and Live Fire
SB 1220: New 10-Year Firearm Prohibition

AB 1743: Expanded Access to Firearm Data
Assembly Bill 1743 expands access to information California uses when analyzing recovered firearms.

Under the new law, California cities, counties, state agencies and qualifying universities may request information used by the Department of Justice to study firearms recovered from crimes or illegal possession.

NRA-ILA raised privacy concerns, citing California’s 2022 exposure of personal information belonging to firearm owners and concealed-carry permit holders. The official bill language primarily addresses recovered-firearm tracing and research data.

AB 1753: More Protective-Order Procedures
Assembly Bill 1753 makes numerous changes involving protective and restraining orders.

The firearm-related provisions explicitly require restrained individuals to relinquish ammunition along with their firearms. The law also expands database searches, notification procedures and enforcement of qualifying orders from other jurisdictions.

NRA-ILA views the measure as another expansion of California’s red flag system and argues that such orders can undermine due-process protections.

AB 1974: Voluntary Police Storage
Assembly Bill 1974 allows local police and sheriff’s departments to establish voluntary firearm-storage programs.

Participating agencies must explain how owners can surrender firearms temporarily and request their return. However, owners must pass California’s firearm-release process before recovering their property.

A firearm may be destroyed if the owner fails to retrieve it before the agency’s storage deadline. Destruction must be delayed if a timely release application remains under review.

NRA-ILA warned that California’s existing release bureaucracy could make retrieving a voluntarily stored firearm difficult or costly.

AB 2047: Restrictions on 3D Printers
Assembly Bill 2047 directs the California Department of Justice to monitor whether ASTM International adopts standards for firearm-blocking technology in 3D printers.

If workable standards emerge, California DOJ must develop rules. One year after those rules take effect, covered printers sold in California would need technology capable of detecting firearm blueprints and stopping the print job.

The restriction is therefore contingent on future industry standards and regulations. It is not an immediate blanket ban on current printers.

NRA-ILA still considers the law a broad threat to innovation, lawful technology and protected speech.

SB 948: Four-Hour Training and Live Fire
Senate Bill 948 significantly expands California’s Firearm Safety Certificate requirements.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2029, applicants must complete at least four hours of training within the preceding year. The course must include firearm handling, safety instruction and live-fire exercises.

The law also adds requirements for people bringing firearms into California. NRA-ILA says the mandate creates another time and cost barrier for lawful gun ownership.

SB 1220: New 10-Year Firearm Prohibition
Senate Bill 1220 adds another misdemeanor to California’s list of convictions carrying a 10-year firearm prohibition.

The restriction applies to certain offenses involving firearms with altered or removed serial numbers or identifying marks. NRA-ILA argues that the bill further expands the number of misdemeanor convictions capable of suspending a constitutional right for a decade.

Newsom and supporters frame the broader package as a public-safety effort targeting dangerous people, unsecured firearms and emerging technology. NRA-ILA sees another round of mandates aimed primarily at people already attempting to follow the law.

Either way, California gun owners now have more laws to track, and several will require additional state rules before their full impact becomes clear

As a California native, this is all BS.

They are doing their best to stifle the 2A rights.

As usual this will get tied up in the courts for years.