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Assembly bill · 20252026

AB 256

Crimes: intoxication and firearms.

Progress

382 days from first to latest action, across 9 recorded actions.

  1. Filed

    Jan 16

  2. Referred to committee

    Jan 5

  3. Heard in committee

    Stopped here

  4. Reported from committee

  5. Passed first chamber

  6. Passed second chamber

  7. Sent to governor

  8. Became law

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Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Record votes

Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Assembly · Jan 13, 2026Party-line vote

Failed 2–7

2 Yea

7 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

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Full history

Every action recorded by California Legislative Information.

  1. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

    Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly

  2. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

    Jan 31, 2026 · Assembly

  3. In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.

    Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

  4. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Public Safety

    Jan 6, 2026 · Assembly

  5. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

    Jan 5, 2026 · Assembly

  6. Referred to Com. on PUB. S. Public Safety

    Jan 5, 2026 · Assembly

  7. Introduced measure version corrected.

    Jan 29, 2025 · Assembly

  8. From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.

    Jan 17, 2025 · Assembly

  9. Read first time. To print.

    Jan 16, 2025 · Assembly

Authors

In committee

Topics

Bill text

  • 01/16/25 - IntroducedPDF
  • 01/05/26 - Amended AssemblyPDF
  • AB256HTML

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