Firearms: silencers.
Summary
Existing law makes it a felony for any person, firm, or corporation to possess a silencer within this state. Existing law exempts specified actions from those provisions, including the possession of silencers by specified peace officers employed by specified law enforcement agencies or by military or naval forces, when on duty and when the use of silencers is authorized by the agency and is within the course and scope of their duties. This bill would further exempt from the prohibition on possessing silencers specified level I reserve peace officers.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2026
Last action May 27, 2026
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The changes between these two versions are entirely technical and formatting in nature. The bill text content is substantively identical; the only difference is that line breaks within subdivision (c) were removed, combining multi-line text into a single continuous paragraph. The surrounding changes reflect a shift from a printed legislative document format to a web-based presentation with navigation elements.
TECHNICAL
Subdivision (c) of Section 33415 was reformatted from multiple lines into a single continuous paragraph. The language about level I reserve peace officers possessing silencers owned by and affixed to a rifle owned by a law enforcement agency is unchanged in substance.
Website navigation elements (home, accessibility, FAQ, search, bill information links) were added as part of the web presentation format.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5166.)
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 3).
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Phillip Chen
RRepublican
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