Proposed California Firearm Legislation AB1722
Legislation Overview
Title: California Endangered Species Act: take prohibition: self-defense.
Description: An act to add Section 2080.8 to the Fish and Game Code, relating to fish and wildlife.
Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
Last Action: Read second time and amended.
Last Action Date: April 16, 2026
Sponsors
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4 sponsors: Heather Hadwick (R); Megan Dahle (R); James Gallagher (R); Shannon Grove (R);
Percentage of State Assembly sponsoring bill: 5% (4 of 80)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Assembly | Apr 16, 2026 | Read second time and amended. |
| Assembly | Apr 15, 2026 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 14). |
| Assembly | Apr 7, 2026 | Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. |
| Assembly | Apr 6, 2026 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. |
| Assembly | Mar 23, 2026 | Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. |
| Assembly | Mar 19, 2026 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. |
| Assembly | Mar 19, 2026 | Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and JUD. |
| Assembly | Feb 6, 2026 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 8. |
| Assembly | Feb 5, 2026 | Read first time. To print. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Amended | Apr 16, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Apr 6, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Mar 19, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Feb 5, 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 [Judiciary] | 04/14/2026 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
Link: link to state bill page
