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AB 1043 - Digital Age Assurance Act (operating-system age-bracket signal) (In force from 2027-01-01): Adds the Digital Age Assurance Act (Civil Code section 1798.500 et seq.): from 1 January 2027 operating system providers must collect an age bracket at account setup and send an age-bracket signal to applications; the Attorney General may seek civil penalties.
24 instruments (21 current) · 21 obligations · 87 claims · 9 milestones
Instruments
- AB 1043 - Digital Age Assurance Act (operating-system age-bracket signal) In force from 2027-01-01
Adds the Digital Age Assurance Act (Civil Code section 1798.500 et seq.): from 1 January 2027 operating system providers must collect an age bracket at account setup and send an age-bracket signal to applications; the Attorney General may seek civil penalties. SB 1119 relies on this signal for age assurance in AI chatbots.
- AB 1159 - Student personal information (bar on using student data to train AI) Adopted 2026-09-10; valid from 2027-01-01
Amends KOPIPA and ELPIPA so operators of school-purpose sites and services may not use covered student information to train a generative AI system or service or to develop an AI system; creates the Higher Education Student Information Protection Act (operative 1 July 2027); gives harmed students a private action with a 60-day notice and cure step.
- AB 1331 - Workplace surveillance Adopted 2026-09-30; valid from 2027-01-01
Adds Labor Code Part 5.8 limiting employer workplace surveillance tools, including a bar on surveillance in workplace bathrooms; defines AI and carves out only tools without embedded AI or audio/video capture; $500 per violation.
- AB 1979 - AI clinical decision support Adopted 2026-09-30; valid from 2027-01-01
Requires health facilities, clinics and practices to ensure licensed providers retain independent professional judgment when care is informed by clinical decision support system output.
- AB 2392 - Public higher education generative AI procurement and training Adopted 2026-09-30; valid from 2027-01-01
Requires California Community Colleges and CSU, and requests UC, to convene a working group on GenAI procurement standards and training, with recommendations by January 1, 2028.
- AB 2545 - Report: labor force impact of artificial intelligence (held in committee 2026) Draft, no legal force
Bill requiring a report on AI labour-force impacts; held under submission in committee on 2026-08-13. No enactment evidenced.
- AB 3030 - Health care services: generative AI patient communications Adopted 2024-09-28; valid from 2025-01-01
Adds Health and Safety Code section 1339.75: health facilities, clinics and physician offices using generative AI for patient clinical communications must include an AI-generated disclaimer and instructions for reaching a human, unless a licensed provider read and reviewed the communication; physician violations fall to the medical boards.
- AB 489 - AI systems implying healthcare licensure Adopted 2025-10-11; valid from 2026-01-01
Extends health-profession title protections to developers and deployers of AI or GenAI that use protected terms or phrases implying a healthcare licence.
- California Department of Insurance Bulletin 2022-5 (racial bias and unfair discrimination, including AI and algorithms) Published 2022-06-30
Insurance Commissioner bulletin to insurers noting that greater use of AI, algorithms and other data models has increased complaints about unfair discrimination, and stating that adverse actions based on complex algorithms must come with specific reasons.
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies (courts) In force since 2025-09-01
Requires each California court that does not prohibit generative AI use by court staff or judicial officers to adopt a use policy by December 15, 2025 that bars entering confidential data into public generative AI systems, bars unlawful discrimination, requires verification of output, and requires disclosure where public-facing work consists entirely of generative AI output.
- Executive Order N-5-26 - trusted AI procurement certifications In force since 2026-03-30
Directs DGS and the Department of Technology to recommend, within 120 days, new certifications in state contracting for vendors to attest to safeguards against AI misuse.
- Executive Order N-6-26 - AI and the workforce In force since 2026-05-21
Directs state agencies on AI and the workforce: an EDD dashboard on AI employment impacts within 90 days; LWDA review of California WARN Act and displaced-worker safety nets within 180 days; LWDA reviews on collective bargaining and training programs and a GovOps report on directing a portion of AI-company revenue to public-good AI by 15 October 2026.
- Proposed initiative 25-0036A1 - Child safety requirements for AI products, including chatbots Draft, no legal force
Proposed initiative statute on child safety requirements for AI products including chatbots; title and summary issued 2026-02-10; no qualification evidence found and it is not on the 2026-06-25 certified ballot list.
- SB 1011 - Utility infrastructure AI safety and oversight (inactive file 2026) Draft, no legal force
Utility AI bill that was ordered to the inactive file on 2026-05-28 at the author's request; no enactment evidenced.
- SB 1159 - Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance (public participation) Adopted 2026-09-30; valid from 2027-01-01
Provides that AI systems and autonomous agents are not a "person" or "member of the public" under public-records, open-meeting and rulemaking statutes, and bars knowingly using AI to falsely represent that a person engaged with a government agency.
- SB 503 - Health care services: artificial intelligence (bias in clinical decision support) Adopted 2026-09-30; valid from 2027-01-01
Requires developers and deployers of clinical decision support systems to make reasonable efforts to identify and mitigate biased impacts in health programs or activities.
- SB 524 - Law enforcement agencies: artificial intelligence (AI-generated police reports) Adopted 2025-10-10; valid from 2026-01-01
Adds Penal Code section 13663: law enforcement agencies must keep a policy requiring AI-assisted official reports to carry an AI disclosure and the preparing officer's signature, retain the first draft and an audit trail, and bar contracted vendors from reusing agency data.
- SB 574 - Attorneys, arbitrators and judicial officers: generative AI Adopted 2026-09-30; valid from 2027-01-01
Bars attorneys from delegating the practice of law to generative AI, requires verification of AI output and protection of confidential information, and bars arbitrators from delegating decisionmaking to generative AI.
- SB 928 - California State University: faculty employees (human instructor of record) Adopted 2026-08-27; valid from 2027-01-01
Adds Education Code section 89500.3: the instructor of record for a CSU course must be a person meeting the faculty-employee rule; CSU employees remain free to use AI tools to assist operations and services.
- SB 947 - No Robo Bosses Act of 2026 (automated decision systems in the workplace) Adopted 2026-09-30; valid from 2027-07-01
Bars employers from relying solely on an automated decision system for disciplinary or termination decisions, requires human corroboration and employee data access, operative July 1, 2027, with a $500 civil penalty per violation.
- SB 951 - Employment: technological displacement notice (Cal/WARN) Adopted 2026-09-30; valid from 2027-01-01
Amends the Cal/WARN Act so that mass-layoff notices for layoffs caused substantially by AI or automation must state the displaced job functions and technology type; EDD must publish summaries and report to the Legislature by January 1, 2028.
- AB 2575 - Health care services: artificial intelligence (vetoed 2026) Vetoed 2026-09-30 Not current
Bill on health-care worker override of clinical decision support output; passed both houses and was vetoed by the Governor on 2026-09-30. One law-firm veto list omitted it; the Legislature's history confirms the veto.
- SB 7 - Employment: automated decision systems (vetoed 2025) Vetoed 2025-10-13 Not current
Bill on employer use of automated decision systems in employment decisions; vetoed by the Governor on 2025-10-13 and the veto sustained on 2026-03-02. Evidenced negative: no statute resulted.
- SB 903 - Mental health professionals: artificial intelligence (vetoed 2026) Vetoed 2026-09-30 Not current
Bill that would have barred companion chatbots in psychotherapy services and restricted licensed professionals' AI use; vetoed by the Governor on 2026-09-30. Evidenced negative.
Obligations
- Lab. Code § 1522(b)-(c)
Employers must not rely solely on an ADS for disciplinary or termination decisions; where primarily relying on ADS output, a human must corroborate it, and uncorroborated or inaccurate output must not be used.
- Health & Safety Code § 22758.5(a)
Health facilities, clinics and physician offices must take reasonable steps to ensure licensed providers retain independent professional judgment when care is informed by a clinical decision support system.
- Health & Safety Code § 22758(a)(1)
Developers and deployers must make reasonable efforts to identify clinical decision support systems with known or foreseeable risk of biased impacts in health programs or activities.
- Bus. & Prof. Code § 4999.8 et seq.
Developers and deployers of AI or GenAI must not use terms, letters or phrases that falsely indicate or imply a healthcare licence in advertising or functionality.
- Bus. & Prof. Code § 6068.1(a)
Attorneys must not delegate the practice of law to generative AI, must not enter confidential or personal information into a generative AI system as specified, and must take reasonable steps to verify AI output accuracy.
- Code Civ. Proc. § 1282.1(b)
Arbitrators must not delegate any part of their decisionmaking process to a generative AI tool.
- Educ. Code § 66098.1
The CCC Chancellor's office and CSU must convene an intersegmental working group on GenAI procurement standards and training (UC is requested to), with recommendations due by January 1, 2028.
- Gov. Code § 8319(a)
No person may knowingly use AI to falsely represent that a natural person appeared before, submitted information to, or otherwise engaged with a governmental agency.
- Order ¶ 1
DGS and CDT must submit to the Governor within 120 days recommendations for new certifications in state contracting on safeguards to protect public safety and prevent misuse of AI.
- Lab. Code § 1401(d)(1)
An employer giving Cal/WARN notice of a mass layoff, relocation or termination caused in whole or substantial part by AI or automation must include the layoffs due to automation, the job functions automated, the AI category, and a technology-displacement statement.
- Lab. Code § 1401(d)(2)
The Employment Development Department must publish a summary of technology-displacement notices on its website and a quarterly statewide summary.
- Lab. Code § 1402.7(b)
The Employment Development Department must submit to the Legislature a report on AI effects on business hiring practices on or before January 1, 2028; the section is repealed January 1, 2029.
- Lab. Code § 1561(a)-(b)
Employers may not use a workplace surveillance tool to monitor employees in a workplace bathroom, and employees may leave surveillance tools behind when entering a bathroom, subject to listed exceptions.
- Penal Code § 13663(a)-(b)
Each law enforcement agency must maintain a policy requiring any official report generated fully or partly with AI to identify the AI program used, state that it was written with AI, and carry the signature of the preparing officer verifying it; the first AI draft must be retained as long as the report.
- Penal Code § 13663(c)-(d)
The agency must keep an audit trail identifying who used AI and the footage used; a contracted vendor may not share, sell or otherwise use agency data processed by AI except for the agency's purposes or under court order.
- Civ. Code § 1798.501(a)
An operating system provider must provide an accessible interface at account setup requiring the account holder to indicate the user's birth date or age and must provide developers who request it a real-time age-bracket signal.
- Bus. & Prof. Code § 22584(b)(5) (as amended)
An operator, or an entity working on its behalf, of a site, service or application used and designed for school purposes may not use covered student information, including persistent unique identifiers, to train a generative AI system or service or to develop an AI system.
- Ed. Code § 89500.3(b), (d)
The instructor of record for a CSU course must be a person who meets the faculty-employee rule; the section does not prohibit CSU employees from using AI tools to assist operations or student services.
- Health & Saf. Code § 1339.75(a)
A health facility, clinic, physician's office or group practice using generative AI to generate patient clinical-information communications must include a disclaimer that the communication was AI-generated and clear instructions for contacting a human; communications read and reviewed by a licensed provider are exempt.
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.430(b)-(d)
A court that does not prohibit generative AI use by court staff or judicial officers must adopt a use policy by December 15, 2025 that prohibits entering confidential or personal data into public generative AI systems, prohibits unlawful discrimination, requires reasonable verification of output, and requires disclosure when public-facing work consists entirely of generative AI output.
- EO N-6-26 paras. 4, 5 and 9
LWDA must review collective bargaining and new technologies, and review workforce training programs, and GovOps must provide the Governor with options on public-good AI incentives, in each case no later than October 15, 2026.
Milestones
- Court generative AI use policies must be adopted Status not recorded
- DGS/CDT procurement certification recommendations due (120 days from 2026-03-30; date derived) Status not recorded
- EDD AI employment-impact dashboard due (90 days from the Order) Status not recorded
- LWDA, GovOps reports due to the Governor Date passed since research; not re-checked
- LWDA recommendations on California WARN Act updates due (180 days from the Order) Upcoming
- Operating-system age-bracket signal duties begin Upcoming
- SB 947 operative Upcoming
- Intersegmental GenAI procurement and training recommendations due Upcoming
- EDD report to the Legislature on AI effects on hiring due Upcoming
Claims and evidence (87)
SB 947 was approved as Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026 on September 30, 2026.
Evidence and sources
- SB 947 (McNerney), Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026.
- Governor Newsom signs more AI worker protections and other bills (2026-09-30)
SB 947 by Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton) — Employment: automated decision systems.
- SB 947 (McNerney), Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
SB 947 prohibits sole reliance on ADS with civil penalties.
Evidence and sources
- SB 947 (McNerney), Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
An employer shall not rely solely on an ADS when making a disciplinary or termination decision.
- SB 947 (McNerney), Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
An employer who violates this part shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per violation.
- SB 947 (McNerney), Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
The part becomes operative on July 1, 2027.
Evidence and sources
- SB 947 (McNerney), Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
This part shall become operative on July 1, 2027.
- SB 947 (McNerney), Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Employment disciplinary and termination decisions.
Evidence and sources
- SB 947 (McNerney), Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
An employer shall not rely solely on an ADS when making a disciplinary or termination decision.
- SB 947 (McNerney), Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
AB 1979 was approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State on 30 September 2026.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1979 (Bonta), Chapter 854, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026.
- AB 1979 (Bonta), Chapter 854, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Derived: Probable AB 1979 requires health facilities, clinics and physician offices to take reasonable steps to preserve a licensed provider's independent professional judgment where care is informed by a clinical decision support system, from 1 January 2027.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1979 (Bonta), Chapter 854, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
shall take reasonable steps to ensure that a licensed health care provider, acting within their scope of practice, retains the ability to exercise independent professional judgment in their care of a patient
- AB 1979 (Bonta), Chapter 854, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
AB 1979 is scoped to clinical decision support in healthcare settings.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1979 (Bonta), Chapter 854, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
This bill would require a health facility, clinic, physician’s office, or office of a group practice to take reasonable steps to ensure that a licensed health care professional, acting within their scope of practice, retains the ability to exercise independent professional judgment in their care of a patient whenever that care is informed by the output of a clinical decision support system, as defined.
- AB 1979 (Bonta), Chapter 854, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
SB 503 was approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State on 30 September 2026.
Evidence and sources
- SB 503 (Weber Pierson), Chapter 857, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026.
- SB 503 (Weber Pierson), Chapter 857, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Derived: Probable SB 503 requires developers and deployers of clinical decision support systems to make reasonable efforts to identify and mitigate biased health-programme impacts, from 1 January 2027.
Evidence and sources
- SB 503 (Weber Pierson), Chapter 857, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Developers and deployers shall make reasonable efforts to identify clinical decision support systems developed for use by deployers that are known or have a reasonably foreseeable risk of biased impacts resulting from deployment of the system in health programs or activities.
- SB 503 (Weber Pierson), Chapter 857, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
SB 503 is scoped to health programs and activities.
Evidence and sources
- SB 503 (Weber Pierson), Chapter 857, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Developers and deployers shall make reasonable efforts to identify clinical decision support systems developed for use by deployers that are known or have a reasonably foreseeable risk of biased impacts resulting from deployment of the system in health programs or activities.
- SB 503 (Weber Pierson), Chapter 857, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
AB 489 was approved as Chapter 615, Statutes of 2025 on 11 October 2025.
Evidence and sources
- AB 489 (Bonta), Chapter 615, Statutes of 2025 - chaptered text
Approved by Governor October 11, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 11, 2025.
- AB 489 (Bonta), Chapter 615, Statutes of 2025 - chaptered text
Derived: Probable AB 489 extends existing health-profession title-protection prohibitions to AI and generative-AI developers and deployers using terms that falsely imply a healthcare licence, in force since 1 January 2026.
Evidence and sources
- AB 489 (Bonta), Chapter 615, Statutes of 2025 - chaptered text
This bill would make provisions of law that prohibit the use of specified terms, letters, or phrases to falsely indicate or imply possession of a license or certificate to practice a health care profession, as defined, enforceable against an entity who develops or deploys artificial intelligence (AI) or generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology
- AB 489 (Bonta), Chapter 615, Statutes of 2025 - chaptered text
A violation of this chapter is subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate health care professional licensing board or enforcement agency.
- AB 489 (Bonta), Chapter 615, Statutes of 2025 - chaptered text
SB 574 was approved as Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026 on 30 September 2026.
Evidence and sources
- SB 574 (Umberg), Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026.
- Governor Newsom signs more AI worker protections and other bills (2026-09-30)
SB 574 Senator Thomas Umberg (D-Santa Ana) — Attorneys, arbitrators, judicial officers, and alternative resolution providers.
- SB 574 (Umberg), Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Derived: Probable SB 574 bars attorneys from delegating the practice of law to generative AI and bars arbitrators from delegating decisionmaking to generative AI, from 1 January 2027.
Evidence and sources
- SB 574 (Umberg), Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
An attorney shall not delegate the practice of law to generative artificial intelligence.
- SB 574 (Umberg), Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
An arbitrator shall not delegate any part of their decisionmaking process to any generative artificial intelligence tool.
- SB 574 (Umberg), Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
SB 574 is scoped to legal practice and arbitration.
Evidence and sources
- SB 574 (Umberg), Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
This bill would prohibit an attorney from delegating the practice of law to generative artificial intelligence.
- SB 574 (Umberg), Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
AB 2392 was approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State on 30 September 2026.
Evidence and sources
- AB 2392, Chapter 855, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026.
- AB 2392, Chapter 855, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
AB 2392 requires the CCC Chancellor's office and CSU, and requests UC, to convene a generative-AI procurement and training working group, with recommendations due 1 January 2028.
Evidence and sources
- AB 2392, Chapter 855, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
This bill would require the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and would request the University of California, to (1) as specified, jointly convene and participate in an intersegmental working group
- AB 2392, Chapter 855, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
SB 1159 was approved as Chapter 863, Statutes of 2026 on 30 September 2026.
Evidence and sources
- SB 1159 (Cabaldon), Chapter 863, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026.
- SB 1159 (Cabaldon), Chapter 863, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Derived: Probable SB 1159 provides that AI systems and autonomous agents are not a "person" or "member of the public" under public-records, open-meeting and rulemaking statutes, and bars knowingly using AI to falsely represent that a person engaged with a government agency, from 1 January 2027.
Evidence and sources
- SB 1159 (Cabaldon), Chapter 863, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
A person shall not knowingly use artificial intelligence to falsely represent that a natural person appeared before, submitted information to, or otherwise engaged with a governmental agency.
- SB 1159 (Cabaldon), Chapter 863, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
do not include artificial intelligence systems, autonomous agents, or robots, whether physical or digital.
- SB 1159 (Cabaldon), Chapter 863, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text
Executive Order N-5-26 was signed on March 30, 2026.
Evidence and sources
- Executive Order N-5-26 - trusted AI procurement (signed 2026-03-30)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this 30th day of March 2026.
- Executive Order N-5-26 - trusted AI procurement (signed 2026-03-30)
Binding on named state departments.
Evidence and sources
- Executive Order N-5-26 - trusted AI procurement (signed 2026-03-30)
Within 120 days of the issuance of this Order, the Department of General Services (DGS) and the Department of Technology (CDT) shall submit recommendations to the Governor for new certifications that may be incorporated into state contracting processes
- Executive Order N-5-26 - trusted AI procurement (signed 2026-03-30)
DGS and CDT must submit recommendations on new state-contracting certifications within 120 days of the Order.
Evidence and sources
- Executive Order N-5-26 - trusted AI procurement (signed 2026-03-30)
Within 120 days of the issuance of this Order, the Department of General Services (DGS) and the Department of Technology (CDT) shall submit recommendations to the Governor for new certifications that may be incorporated into state contracting processes
- Executive Order N-5-26 - trusted AI procurement (signed 2026-03-30)
The Attorney General issued title and summary for initiative 25-0036A1 on February 10, 2026.
Evidence and sources
- Attorney General - active initiative measures (titles and summaries)
25-0036A1|CHILD SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) PRODUCTS, INCLUDING CHATBOTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Title and Summary Issued on February 10, 2026
- Attorney General - active initiative measures (titles and summaries)
The measure has no force and is not on the June 25, 2026 certified list.
Evidence and sources
- Attorney General - active initiative measures (titles and summaries)
25-0036A1|CHILD SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) PRODUCTS, INCLUDING CHATBOTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Title and Summary Issued on February 10, 2026
- Secretary of State - measures certified for the November 3, 2026 General Election ballot
announced that 14 measures have qualified for the November 3, 2026, General Election ballot.
- Attorney General - active initiative measures (titles and summaries)
SB 951 was approved by the Governor on 2026-09-30 as Chapter 860, Statutes of 2026.
Evidence and sources
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026.
- SB 951 bill status (chaptered)
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 860, Statutes of 2026.
- Governor Newsom signs more AI worker protections and other bills (2026-09-30)
SB 951 by Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-Colton) — Employment: technological displacement: notice
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
SB 951 is chaptered law amending the Labor Code.
Evidence and sources
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
An employer required to give notice of a mass layoff, relocation, or termination caused in whole or in substantial part by an AI system or other automated technology replacing or automating employment positions shall additionally include in the notice all of the following information:
- SB 951 bill status (chaptered)
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 860, Statutes of 2026.
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
Earliest provisions take effect January 1, 2027, per the statutory default and a law-association chart; some provisions later.
Evidence and sources
- California Lawyers Association - 2026 status update on California AI, privacy and technology-related bills
SB 951 (Reyes)|Employment: Technological Displacement Notice Earliest provisions effective January 1, 2027, some provisions effective at a later date
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026.
- California Lawyers Association - 2026 status update on California AI, privacy and technology-related bills
Employers giving Cal/WARN notice of an AI-caused mass layoff must add AI displacement details and a technology-displacement statement to the notice.
Evidence and sources
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
An employer required to give notice of a mass layoff, relocation, or termination caused in whole or in substantial part by an AI system or other automated technology replacing or automating employment positions shall additionally include in the notice all of the following information:
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
The job functions performed by those replaced workers that will be automated by AI or other automated technology.
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
The notice shall include the statement “This notice is for a technology displacement” at the top of the notice.
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
Derived: Probable The digest states existing law subjects an employer failing to give Cal/WARN notice to a civil penalty of not more than $500 per day.
Evidence and sources
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
Existing law makes an employer who fails to give specified notice regarding a mass layoff, relocation, or termination subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each day of the employer’s violation.
- SB 951 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 860)
AB 1331 was approved by the Governor on 2026-09-30 as Chapter 851, Statutes of 2026.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026.
- AB 1331 bill status (chaptered)
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 851, Statutes of 2026.
- Governor Newsom signs more AI worker protections and other bills (2026-09-30)
AB 1331 by Assemblymember Sade Elhawary (D-South Los Angeles) -–- Workplace surveillance
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
AB 1331 is chaptered law adding Labor Code Part 5.8.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
Unless directed by a court order, an employer shall not use a workplace surveillance tool to monitor or surveil employees in a bathroom located in the workplace.
- AB 1331 bill status (chaptered)
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 851, Statutes of 2026.
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
Takes effect on the statutory default date of January 1, 2027.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026.
- California Lawyers Association - 2026 status update on California AI, privacy and technology-related bills
Effective Date January 1, 2027 (unless stated otherwise)
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
Employers may not use workplace surveillance tools to monitor employees in a workplace bathroom unless directed by court order.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
Unless directed by a court order, an employer shall not use a workplace surveillance tool to monitor or surveil employees in a bathroom located in the workplace.
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
Derived: Probable An employer violating Part 5.8 may be subject to a penalty of up to $500 per violation.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
an employer who violates this part may be subject to a penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation.
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
The Labor Commissioner and public prosecutors may enforce the Part.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
The Labor Commissioner may enforce this part, including investigating an alleged violation
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
This part may also be enforced by a public prosecutor pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 180) of Division 1.
- AB 1331 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 851) - leginfo billNavClient
SB 7 (employment automated decision systems) passed the Legislature and was vetoed on 2025-10-13.
Evidence and sources
- SB 7 bill status and Governor veto message
|03/02/26|Veto sustained.| |03/02/26|Stricken from file.| |10/13/25|In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.| |10/13/25|Vetoed by the Governor.|
- SB 7 bill status and Governor veto message
I am returning Senate Bill 7 without my signature. This bill would establish new rules for employers using automated decision systems (ADS) to make employment-related decisions.
- SB 7 bill status and Governor veto message
SB 7 has no force: the Governor vetoed it and the veto was sustained on 2026-03-02.
Evidence and sources
- SB 7 bill status and Governor veto message
|03/02/26|Veto sustained.| |03/02/26|Stricken from file.| |10/13/25|In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.| |10/13/25|Vetoed by the Governor.|
- SB 7 bill status and Governor veto message
I am returning Senate Bill 7 without my signature. This bill would establish new rules for employers using automated decision systems (ADS) to make employment-related decisions.
- SB 7 bill status and Governor veto message
The Governor vetoed SB 7 on 2025-10-13, citing forthcoming CPPA regulations and the need to assess their efficacy first.
Evidence and sources
- SB 7 bill status and Governor veto message
|03/02/26|Veto sustained.| |03/02/26|Stricken from file.| |10/13/25|In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.| |10/13/25|Vetoed by the Governor.|
- SB 7 bill status and Governor veto message
Before enacting new legislation in this space, we should assess the efficacy of these regulations to address these concerns.
- SB 7 bill status and Governor veto message
SB 903 passed the Legislature and was vetoed by the Governor on 30 September 2026.
Evidence and sources
- SB 903 bill status and Governor veto message
|09/30/26|In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.| |09/30/26|Vetoed by the Governor.|
- SB 903 bill status and Governor veto message
I am returning Senate Bill 903 without my signature. This bill would prohibit the use of companion chatbots in the provision of psychotherapy services and would create restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by licensed professionals who provide psychotherapy services.
- SB 903 bill status and Governor veto message
Derived: Probable SB 903 has no legal force because the Governor vetoed it.
Evidence and sources
- SB 903 bill status and Governor veto message
|09/30/26|In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.| |09/30/26|Vetoed by the Governor.|
- SB 903 bill status and Governor veto message
I am returning Senate Bill 903 without my signature. This bill would prohibit the use of companion chatbots in the provision of psychotherapy services and would create restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by licensed professionals who provide psychotherapy services.
- SB 903 bill status and Governor veto message
The Governor vetoed SB 903 on 30 September 2026.
Evidence and sources
- SB 903 bill status and Governor veto message
|09/30/26|In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.| |09/30/26|Vetoed by the Governor.|
- SB 903 bill status and Governor veto message
SB 524 was approved by the Governor on 10 October 2025 as Chapter 587, Statutes of 2025.
Evidence and sources
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor October 10, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 10, 2025.
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
Derived: Probable Penal Code section 13663 is chaptered law binding California law enforcement agencies.
Evidence and sources
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
(a) Each law enforcement agency shall maintain a policy to require an official report prepared by a law enforcement officer or any member of a law enforcement agency that is generated using artificial intelligence either fully or partially to contain both of the following:
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
SB 524 takes effect on the 1 January 2026 constitutional default; the chaptered text states no other date.
Evidence and sources
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor October 10, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 10, 2025.
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
The Governor approved SB 524 on 10 October 2025.
Evidence and sources
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor October 10, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 10, 2025.
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
Penal Code section 13663 requires disclosure, signature, first-draft retention and an audit trail for AI-assisted police reports.
Evidence and sources
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
(a) Each law enforcement agency shall maintain a policy to require an official report prepared by a law enforcement officer or any member of a law enforcement agency that is generated using artificial intelligence either fully or partially to contain both of the following:
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
"This report was written either fully or in part using artificial intelligence."
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
the first draft created shall be retained by the agency for as long as the official report is retained.
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
(c) The agency utilizing artificial intelligence to generate a first draft or official report shall maintain an audit trail for as long as the official report is retained
- SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient
AB 1043 was approved by the Governor on 13 October 2025 as Chapter 675, Statutes of 2025.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor October 13, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 13, 2025.
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
Derived: Probable Civil Code section 1798.501 imposes mandatory duties on operating system providers.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
1798.501. (a) An operating system provider shall do all of the following:
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
The operating-system age-signal duties begin 1 January 2027.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
This bill, beginning January 1, 2027, would require, among other things related to age verification with respect to software applications, an operating system provider, as defined, to provide an accessible interface at account setup
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
The Governor approved AB 1043 on 13 October 2025.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor October 13, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 13, 2025.
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
Derived: Probable The Attorney General may recover civil penalties of up to $2,500 per affected child for negligent and $7,500 per affected child for intentional violations.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
shall be subject to an injunction and liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per affected child for each negligent violation or not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per affected child for each intentional violation
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
which shall be assessed and recovered only in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General
- AB 1043 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 675) - leginfo billNavClient
AB 1159 was approved by the Governor on 2026-09-10 as Chapter 182, Statutes of 2026.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor September 10, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 10, 2026.
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
Business and Professions Code section 22584 as amended is chaptered law.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
(5) Use covered information, including persistent unique identifiers, created or gathered by the operator’s site, service, or application to train a generative artificial intelligence system or service or develop an artificial intelligence system.
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
Derived: Probable The K-12 amendments take effect on the January 1, 2027 constitutional default and HESIPA becomes operative on July 1, 2027.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor September 10, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 10, 2026.
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
22587.2. This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2027.
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
The Governor approved the bill on 2026-09-10.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor September 10, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 10, 2026.
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
AB 1159 bars operators from using covered student information to train generative AI or develop AI systems.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
prohibit an operator from using covered information, as defined, including persistent unique identifiers, created or gathered by the operator’s site, service, or application to train a generative artificial intelligence system or service or develop an artificial intelligence system.
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
(5) Use covered information, including persistent unique identifiers, created or gathered by the operator’s site, service, or application to train a generative artificial intelligence system or service or develop an artificial intelligence system.
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
Derived: Probable A harmed student may recover the greater of actual damages or $500 per plaintiff, per violation after a 60-day notice and cure step.
Evidence and sources
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
(1) The greater of actual damages or five hundred dollars ($500) per plaintiff, per violation.
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
(1) At least 60 days before bringing an action pursuant to this section, a pupil shall do both of the following:
- AB 1159 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 182) - leginfo billNavClient
SB 928 was approved by the Governor on 2026-08-27 as Chapter 149, Statutes of 2026.
Evidence and sources
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor August 27, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State August 27, 2026.
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
Education Code section 89500.3 is chaptered law.
Evidence and sources
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
(b) The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the rule to serve as a faculty employee teaching credit instruction or a faculty employee teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 89500.
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
Derived: Probable SB 928 takes effect on the January 1, 2027 constitutional default.
Evidence and sources
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor August 27, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State August 27, 2026.
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
The Governor approved the bill on 2026-08-27.
Evidence and sources
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor August 27, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State August 27, 2026.
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
SB 928 requires a person who meets the faculty rule as instructor of record and preserves employee use of AI tools.
Evidence and sources
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
(b) The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the rule to serve as a faculty employee teaching credit instruction or a faculty employee teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 89500.
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
(d) This section does not prohibit California State University employees from using artificial intelligence tools to assist in the operations of the California State University or in providing services to California State University students.
- SB 928 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 149) - leginfo billNavClient
AB 3030 was approved by the Governor on 2024-09-28 as Chapter 848, Statutes of 2024.
Evidence and sources
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor September 28, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 28, 2024.
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
Health and Safety Code section 1339.75 is chaptered law.
Evidence and sources
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
A health facility, clinic, physician’s office, or office of a group practice that uses generative artificial intelligence to generate written or verbal patient communications pertaining to patient clinical information shall ensure that those communications include both of the following:
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
Derived: Probable AB 3030 took effect on the January 1, 2025 constitutional default; the chaptered text states no other date.
Evidence and sources
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor September 28, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 28, 2024.
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
The Governor approved the bill on 2024-09-28.
Evidence and sources
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
Approved by Governor September 28, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 28, 2024.
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
Section 1339.75 requires an AI disclaimer and human-contact instructions in AI-generated patient clinical communications, except where a licensed provider reviewed them.
Evidence and sources
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
A health facility, clinic, physician’s office, or office of a group practice that uses generative artificial intelligence to generate written or verbal patient communications pertaining to patient clinical information shall ensure that those communications include both of the following:
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
(2) Clear instructions describing how a patient may contact a human health care provider, employee of the health facility, clinic, physician’s office, or office of a group provider, or other appropriate person.
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
The bill would exempt from this requirement a communication read and reviewed by a human licensed or certified health care provider. Under the bill, a violation of these provisions by a physician would be subject to the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California or Osteopathic Medical Board of California, as appropriate.
- AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient
Rule 10.430 was adopted effective September 1, 2025.
Evidence and sources
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
Rule 10.430 adopted effective September 1, 2025.
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
Any court that does not prohibit the use of generative AI by court staff or judicial officers must adopt a generative AI use policy by December 15, 2025.
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
Rule 10.430 is a California Rule of Court binding on the courts.
Evidence and sources
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
Any court that does not prohibit the use of generative AI by court staff or judicial officers must adopt a generative AI use policy by December 15, 2025.
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
Rule 10.430 took effect on September 1, 2025.
Evidence and sources
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
Rule 10.430 adopted effective September 1, 2025.
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
Courts that do not prohibit generative AI must adopt a use policy by December 15, 2025 with the content listed in rule 10.430(d).
Evidence and sources
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
Any court that does not prohibit the use of generative AI by court staff or judicial officers must adopt a generative AI use policy by December 15, 2025.
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
(1) Prohibit the entry of confidential, personal identifying, or other nonpublic information into a public generative AI system.
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
(3) Require court staff and judicial officers who create or use generative AI material to take reasonable steps to verify that the material is accurate, and to take reasonable steps to correct any erroneous or hallucinated output in any material used.
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
(5) Require disclosure of the use of or reliance on generative AI if the final version of a written, visual, or audio work provided to the public consists entirely of generative AI outputs.
- California Rules of Court, Rule 10.430 - Generative artificial intelligence use policies
Executive Order N-6-26 was issued on May 21, 2026.
Evidence and sources
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
California to be affixed this 21st day of May 2026.
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
EO N-6-26 directs state agencies but creates no rights enforceable at law against any other person.
Evidence and sources
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
This Order is not intended to, and does not, create any rights or benefits, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, against the State of California, its agencies, departments, entities, officers, employees, or any other person.
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
7. Within 90 days of the issuance of this Order, EDD shall launch a dashboard showing AI’s impacts on employment across various sectors using Unemployment Insurance data.
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
EO N-6-26 took effect on May 21, 2026.
Evidence and sources
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
California to be affixed this 21st day of May 2026.
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
EO N-6-26 orders an EDD dashboard on AI employment impacts and a GovOps options report by October 15, 2026.
Evidence and sources
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
7. Within 90 days of the issuance of this Order, EDD shall launch a dashboard showing AI’s impacts on employment across various sectors using Unemployment Insurance data.
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
9. No later than October 15, 2026, the Government Operations Agency shall, in consultation with academics and experts from the University of California system, Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and the private sector, provide the Governor with options and recommendations
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
voluntary or mandatory programs that direct a portion of revenue generated by AI companies to support beneficial deployments of AI
- Executive Order N-6-26 (AI and the workforce)
The Insurance Commissioner issued Bulletin 2022-5 on June 30, 2022.
Evidence and sources
- California Department of Insurance Bulletin 2022-5 (2022-06-30)
DATE: June 30, 2022 RE: Allegations of Racial Bias and Unfair Discrimination in Marketing, Rating, Underwriting, and Claims Practices by the Insurance Industry
- California Department of Insurance Bulletin 2022-5 (2022-06-30)
The greater use by the insurance industry of artificial intelligence, algorithms, and other data collection models have resulted in an increase in consumer complaints relating to unfair discrimination in California and elsewhere.
- California Department of Insurance Bulletin 2022-5 (2022-06-30)
The bulletin states regulatory expectations to insurers and creates no new rule.
Evidence and sources
- California Department of Insurance Bulletin 2022-5 (2022-06-30)
The greater use by the insurance industry of artificial intelligence, algorithms, and other data collection models have resulted in an increase in consumer complaints relating to unfair discrimination in California and elsewhere.
- California Department of Insurance Bulletin 2022-5 (2022-06-30)
When the reason is based upon a complex algorithm or is otherwise obscured by the technology used, a consumer cannot be confident that the actual basis for the adverse decision is lawful and justified.
- California Department of Insurance Bulletin 2022-5 (2022-06-30)
Bulletin 2022-5 states that when insurers use complex algorithms in an adverse action, the specific reasons must be provided.
Evidence and sources
- California Department of Insurance Bulletin 2022-5 (2022-06-30)
When the reason is based upon a complex algorithm or is otherwise obscured by the technology used, a consumer cannot be confident that the actual basis for the adverse decision is lawful and justified.
- California Department of Insurance Bulletin 2022-5 (2022-06-30)
AB 2575 was introduced in the California Legislature and did not become law.
Evidence and sources
- AB 2575 bill history
|09/30/26|Vetoed by Governor.| |09/15/26|Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.|
- AB 2575 bill history
|09/15/26|Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.| |08/31/26|Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
- AB 2575 bill history
AB 2575 has no legal force.
Evidence and sources
- AB 2575 bill history
|09/30/26|Vetoed by Governor.| |09/15/26|Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.|
- AB 2575 bill history
|09/15/26|Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.| |08/31/26|Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
- AB 2575 bill history
The Legislature's history records AB 2575 as vetoed by the Governor on 2026-09-30.
Evidence and sources
- AB 2575 bill history
|09/30/26|Vetoed by Governor.| |09/15/26|Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.|
- AB 2575 bill history
|09/15/26|Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.| |08/31/26|Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
- AB 2575 bill history
SB 1011 was introduced in the California Legislature and did not become law.
Evidence and sources
- SB 1011 bill status
|05/28/26|Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator McNerney.|
- SB 1011 bill status
SB 1011 has no legal force.
Evidence and sources
- SB 1011 bill status
|05/28/26|Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator McNerney.|
- SB 1011 bill status
SB 1011 was ordered to the inactive file on 2026-05-28.
Evidence and sources
- SB 1011 bill status
|05/28/26|Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator McNerney.|
- SB 1011 bill status
AB 2545 was introduced in the California Legislature and did not become law.
Evidence and sources
- AB 2545 bill status
|08/13/26|In committee: Held under submission.|
- AB 2545 bill status
AB 2545 has no legal force.
Evidence and sources
- AB 2545 bill status
|08/13/26|In committee: Held under submission.|
- AB 2545 bill status
AB 2545 was held under submission in committee on 2026-08-13.
Evidence and sources
- AB 2545 bill status
|08/13/26|In committee: Held under submission.|
- AB 2545 bill status