Amended  IN  Assembly  March 16, 2026

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2720

Introduced by Assembly Member Schiavo

February 20, 2026

An act to amend Section 29186 of add Section 13657 to the Penal Code, relating to firearms. law enforcement agencies.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2720, as amended, Schiavo. Firearms. Human trafficking victim support coordinator.
Existing law generally provides for the regulation of law enforcement agencies. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and charges it with, among other duties, developing and disseminating guidelines and training for all peace officers in this state. Existing law requires POST to develop and implement a course of instruction for the training of peace officers on commercial sexual exploitation of children and victims of human trafficking that includes, but is not limited to, certain topics and activities.
This bill would require each law enforcement agency with more than 25 peace officers to designate a human trafficking victim support coordinator by January 1, 2028. The bill would require the coordinator to take the above-described course of instruction no later than 6 months after designation and, upon completion of the course, serve as a liaison between trusted community-based organizations and victims. The bill would require each law enforcement agency to, by July 1, 2028, display specified information on their internet website, including the contact information of the human trafficking victim support coordinator. By imposing new requirements on local law enforcement agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Existing law makes it a crime for a person to knowingly or willfully cause another person to engage in the unlawful manufacture of firearms or knowingly or willfully aid, abet, prompt, or facilitate the unlawful manufacture of firearms, including the manufacture of assault weapons or .50 BMG rifles or the manufacture of any firearm using a three-dimensional printer or computer numerical control milling machine, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor.

This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NOYES  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 13657 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

13657.
 (a) Each law enforcement agency that employs more than 25 full-time sworn peace officers shall designate a human trafficking victim support coordinator by no later than January 1, 2028.
(b) A human trafficking victim support coordinator shall take the course of instruction described in Section 13516.5 no later than six months after designation. Upon completion of the course, the human trafficking victim support coordinator shall serve as a liaison between trusted community-based organizations and victims.
(c) By July 1, 2028, each law enforcement agency shall display on their internet website the following information:
(1) A list of trusted community-based organizations available to support human trafficking victims within the agency’s jurisdiction.
(2) Email address and any other contact information of the designated human trafficking victim support coordinator.
(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Human trafficking” means a violation of Section 236.1 of the Penal Code.
(2) “Law enforcement agency” means any department or agency of the state, or any local government, special district, or other political subdivision thereof, that employs any peace officer, as described in Section 830.

SEC. 2.

 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
SECTION 1.Section 29186 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
29186.

(a)It is unlawful to knowingly or willfully cause another person to engage in the unlawful manufacture of firearms, or to knowingly or willfully aid, abet, promote, or facilitate the unlawful manufacture of firearms.

(b)For the purposes of this section, the “unlawful manufacture of firearms” includes any of the following:

(1)The manufacture of a firearm by a minor, or by a person who is prohibited from owning or possessing firearms under California law.

(2)The manufacture of four or more firearms within the state in the same calendar year by an individual who is not licensed to manufacture firearms pursuant to California law, in violation of Section 29010.

(3)The manufacture of any firearm using a three-dimensional printer or computer numerical control milling machine by an individual who is not licensed to manufacture firearms pursuant to California law, in violation of Section 29185.

(4)The manufacture of a firearm by a person who is not a federally licensed firearms manufacturer, for the purpose of selling or transferring ownership of that firearm to another person who is not a federally licensed firearms manufacturer, in violation of subdivision (d) of Section 29180.

(5)The manufacture of a firearm for the purpose of selling, loaning, or transferring the firearm to another person, with the intent to complete the sale, loan, or transfer without a required background check on the transferee initiated by a licensed firearms dealer, in violation of Section 27520.

(6)The manufacture of any of the following:

(A)Assault weapons or .50 BMG rifles, in violation of Section 30600.

(B)Firearms that are not immediately recognizable as firearms, in violation of Section 24510.

(C)Firearms that are not imprinted with a valid state or federal serial number or mark of identification, in violation of subdivision (f) of Section 29180.

(D)Large-capacity magazines or large-capacity magazine conversion kits, in violation of Section 32310 or 32311.

(E)Machineguns, in violation of Section 32625.

(F)Multiburst trigger activators, in violation of Section 32900.

(G)Short-barreled rifles or short-barreled shotguns, in violation of Section 33215.

(H)Undetectable firearms, in violation of Section 24610.

(I)Unsafe handguns, in violation of Section 32000.

(J)Zip guns, in violation of Section 33600.

(K)Any other weapon defined as a “generally prohibited weapon” under Section 16590.

(c)A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.