Proposed California Firearm Legislation AB256
Legislation Overview
Title: Crimes: intoxication and firearms.
Description: An act to amend Section 1524 of, and to add Section 12022.57 to, the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
Last Action: In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
Last Action Date: January 13, 2026
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: Carl DeMaio (R);
Percentage of State Assembly sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 80)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Assembly | Jan 13, 2026 | In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. |
| Assembly | Jan 6, 2026 | Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. |
| Assembly | Jan 5, 2026 | Referred to Com. on PUB. S. |
| Assembly | Jan 5, 2026 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. |
| Assembly | Jan 29, 2025 | Introduced measure version corrected. |
| Assembly | Jan 17, 2025 | From printer. May be heard in committee February 16. |
| Assembly | Jan 16, 2025 | Read first time. To print. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Amended | Jan 5, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 16, 2025 | 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 and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] | 01/13/2026 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | No |
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| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
Link: link to state bill page
