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SB-948: Firearm Safety Certificate and importer reporting

Signed into law. See the bill page for its effective date.

SB 948 was signed September 26, 2026. Its chaptered text changes the importer reporting period to 180 days, adds importer Firearm Safety Certificate certification commencing January 1, 2028, and requires a qualifying four-hour FSC training course commencing January 1, 2029. These are not current purchase requirements — January 1, 2027 is the ordinary non-urgency effective date, and the explicit 2028 and 2029 commencements control their own clauses.

Status: Signed · As of

Last recorded action ·

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 465, Statutes of 2026.

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Where it stands

How this affects Californians

Draft explainer

Gun owners · Most Californians

Gives people who move here 180 days, up from 60, to report a firearm brought in; from 2028 they must certify holding an FSC or an exemption. On or after January 1, 2029, FSC applicants must complete within the prior year a training course of at least 4 hours, including safety and handling and live-fire exercises on a range.

Right now: Signed into law. See the bill page for its effective date.

Informational only, not legal advice. Grounded in the bill's official digest.

Recorded actions

  1. : Milestone. Qualifying four-hour FSC training course commences
  2. : Milestone. Importer Firearm Safety Certificate certification commences
  3. : Effective. Effective — importer reporting period changes to 180 days
  4. : Signed. Signed by the Governor

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