Firearms: silencers.

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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.

Chamber: House
Introduced: Jan 15, 2026
Last action: May 27, 2026 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Chen.
Session: 20252026
Momentum: 41 · Moderate

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

20.8% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Floor Consideration — base rate 42%, measured from CA's completed sessions
Momentum -2 41/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -19 138 days quiet

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