CA AB1753

Requires courts to conduct prehearing firearm searches through the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System before issuing civil harassment, workplace violence, postsecondary school, and elder abuse restraining orders, extending requirements that currently apply only to domestic violence and gun violence orders

Explicitly mandates that restrained persons relinquish both firearms and ammunition in their immediate possession or control, adding ammunition to existing firearm relinquishment requirements across multiple protective order types

Requires peace officers responding to domestic violence incidents or enforcing restraining orders to take temporary custody of any ammunition found in plain sight or through lawful search, in addition to existing requirements for firearms and deadly weapons

Mandates that courts permit parties, support persons, and witnesses to appear remotely at no cost for hearings on postsecondary school and workplace violence restraining orders beginning January 1, 2027, with courts required to post remote appearance instructions on their websites

Creates a state-mandated local program by expanding law enforcement duties, with costs to be reimbursed pursuant to statutory provisions if the Commission on State Mandates determines the bill contains mandated costs