--- title: "United States – California — Transparency & Synthetic Content | Global AI Monitor" canonical: https://artificial-intelligence.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-california/transparency-and-synthetic-content/ source_html: /jurisdictions/united-states-california/transparency-and-synthetic-content/index.html description: "United States – California — Transparency & Synthetic Content: 05 Transparency & Synthetic Content Active Under review ▾ # AB 1609 - Customer service chatbots (Adopted 2026-09-28; valid from 2027-01-01): Prohibits large private businesses from" generated_at: 2026-10-25T22:24:54Z content_sha256: 12d577e45792c3b60960b0d8fc66d0516d0b38815d00042b71cd1e8c384f61a3 generator: "fe-fleet/md-twin@1.0" --- # United States – California — Transparency & Synthetic Content | Global AI Monitor ### 05Transparency & Synthetic ContentActive Derived: Probable▾# AB 1609 - Customer service chatbots (Adopted 2026-09-28; valid from 2027-01-01): Prohibits large private businesses from representing a customer service chatbot as human, requires disclosure and a human-contact customer service feature, with public prosecutor penalties. 18 instruments · 21 obligations · 77 claims · Next: 1 Jan 2027 (Large online platform and GenAI hosting platform duties begin) 18 instruments (17 current) · 21 obligations · 77 claims · 6 milestones Instruments - AB 1609 - Customer service chatbots Adopted 2026-09-28; valid from 2027-01-01Prohibits large private businesses from representing a customer service chatbot as human, requires disclosure and a human-contact customer service feature, with public prosecutor penalties.Binding · Authority: Public prosecutors (district attorneys, city attorneys, county counsel) · Verified 8 Oct 2026 - AB 2355 - Political Reform Act: AI disclosure in political advertisements Adopted 2024-09-17; valid from 2025-01-01Adds Government Code section 84514: committee-paid political advertisements containing AI-generated or substantially altered images, audio or video must carry a prescribed AI disclosure; enforced by the Fair Political Practices Commission under the Political Reform Act.Binding · Authority: California Fair Political Practices Commission · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355) - AB 2655 - Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024 (enjoined as to X Corp. and Rumble) Adopted 2024-09-17; valid from 2025-01-01Requires large online platforms to block or label materially deceptive election content in specified periods and provide reporting procedures. On 2025-08-20 the Eastern District of California declared it preempted by 47 U.S.C. section 230 as applied to X Corp. and Rumble and permanently enjoined enforcement against them; the statute remains on the books.Binding · Authority: California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2655) - AB 2713 - CAITA system provenance data amendments Adopted 2026-09-30; valid from 2027-01-01Revises large online platform provenance duties under CAITA, including the user interface for inspecting system provenance data.Binding · Authority: California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General · Verified 8 Oct 2026 - AB 2839 - Elections: deceptive media in advertisements (2024; enjoined as to named plaintiffs) In force since 2024-09-17Urgency statute adding Elections Code section 20012 (120-day pre-election ban on malicious distribution of materially deceptive election content). On 2025-08-29 the Eastern District of California granted summary judgment to the plaintiff in Kohls v. Bonta and permanently enjoined enforcement against the named plaintiffs; AB 502 (2026) later amended section 20012.Binding · Authority: California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2839) - AB 3030 - Health care services: generative AI patient communications Adopted 2024-09-28; valid from 2025-01-01Adds 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.Binding · Authority: Health care professional licensing boards · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3030) - AB 502 - Elections: deceptive media in advertisements (replaces AB 2839) In force since 2026-09-19Urgency statute amending Elections Code section 20012: prohibits knowingly distributing, with malice, materially deceptive election content within 30 days before an election (and for election officials and voting equipment from 30 days before through 38 days after); exempts reasonable-person satire or parody; only the depicted individual may sue for injunction or damages.Binding · Authority: California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB502) - AB 621 - Deepfake pornography (Civil Code section 1708.86) Adopted 2025-10-13; valid from 2026-01-01Amends Civil Code section 1708.86: extends the cause of action over sexually explicit deepfakes to those who knowingly facilitate or recklessly aid deepfake pornography services, presumes service providers liable if they do not stop within 30 days of evidence, raises statutory damages to $50,000 ($250,000 if malicious) and lets public attorneys sue.Binding · Authority: California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General, Public prosecutors (district attorneys, city attorneys, county counsel) · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB621) - AB 853 - California AI Transparency Act amendments (platforms, hosting, capture devices) Adopted 2025-10-13; valid from 2026-01-01Delays CAITA to August 2, 2026 and adds duties for large online platforms and GenAI hosting platforms from 2027 and for capture device manufacturers from 2028.Binding · Authority: California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General · Verified 8 Oct 2026 - California AI Transparency Act (SB 942), as amended In force since 2025-01-01Requires covered generative AI providers to offer a free verification tool and embed latent disclosures in AI-generated image, video and audio content; operative August 2, 2026 after AB 853 delayed it and then amended by SB 1000 and AB 2713.Binding · Authority: California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General · Verified 8 Oct 2026 - SB 1000 - CAITA amendments (covered-provider threshold removed, disclosure verification tool) In force since 2026-09-30Deletes the 1,000,000-user threshold from the covered-provider definition, renames the detection tool a disclosure verification tool, drops the manifest-disclosure option and takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.Binding · Authority: California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General · Verified 8 Oct 2026 - SB 1050 - Synthetic performers in advertising Adopted 2026-09-16; valid from 2027-01-01Makes it an unlawful advertising practice to publish an advertisement prominently including a synthetic performer without a clear and conspicuous disclosure.Binding · Authority: California Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General · Verified 8 Oct 2026 - SB 1111 - Digital replicas Adopted 2026-09-30; valid from 2027-01-01Extends the Civil Code section 3344 right of publicity to digital replicas and treats use of a digital replica with intent to impersonate as false impersonation.Binding · Authority: Public prosecutors (district attorneys, city attorneys, county counsel) · Verified 8 Oct 2026 - SB 243 - Companion chatbots In force since 2026-01-01Requires companion chatbot operators to disclose AI status, maintain a suicide and self-harm protocol, add protections for known minors and report annually to the Office of Suicide Prevention from July 1, 2027; private right of action.Binding · Authority: California State Legislature · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB243) - SB 361 - Data brokers: registration disclosure of sales to GenAI developers Adopted 2025-10-08; valid from 2026-01-01Amends the Delete Act data-broker registration: brokers must disclose whether in the past year they shared or sold consumers' data to a developer of a generative AI system, alongside other recipients; also adjusts fines for failure to register.Binding · Authority: California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB361) - SB 524 - Law enforcement agencies: artificial intelligence (AI-generated police reports) Adopted 2025-10-10; valid from 2026-01-01Adds 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.Binding · Authority: California State Legislature · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB524) - TAKE IT DOWN Act (Public Law 119-12) - notice and removal of nonconsensual intimate imagery including deepfakes Applies since 2026-05-19Federal statute requiring covered platforms to run a notice-and-removal process and remove reported nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, including digital forgeries, and known identical copies within 48 hours; platform duties enforceable by the FTC from 19 May 2026. Overlaps California Civil Code section 1708.86; no conflict found.Binding · Authority: U.S. Federal Trade Commission · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm) - SB 11 - Artificial intelligence technology: digital replicas (vetoed 2025) Vetoed 2025-10-13 Not currentBill amending right-of-publicity and false-impersonation law for digital replicas and requiring AI tools to carry a liability warning hyperlink; vetoed on 2025-10-13 and the veto was sustained on 2026-03-02.Draft, no legal force · Authority: California State Legislature · Verified 8 Oct 2026 · [Official text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB11) Obligations - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.3Covered providers must embed a latent disclosure in image, video and audio content their GenAI system creates or alters, to the extent technically feasible.marking or watermarking · Applies to: provider · California AI Transparency Act (SB 942), as amended - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.2Covered providers must make a no-cost disclosure verification tool available so users can assess whether content was created or altered by the provider's GenAI system.transparency disclosure · Applies to: provider · California AI Transparency Act (SB 942), as amended - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.3.1From January 1, 2027, large online platforms must detect provenance data embedded in or attached to content they distribute.transparency disclosure · Applies to: other · AB 853 - California AI Transparency Act amendments (platforms, hosting, capture devices) - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.3.2From January 1, 2027, a GenAI system hosting platform must not knowingly make available a GenAI system that does not place the required disclosures.prohibition · Applies to: distributor · AB 853 - California AI Transparency Act amendments (platforms, hosting, capture devices) - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.3.3From January 1, 2028, capture device manufacturers must give users the option to include a latent disclosure, including the manufacturer name, in content captured by devices first produced for sale in the state on or after that date.marking or watermarking · Applies to: product manufacturer · AB 853 - California AI Transparency Act amendments (platforms, hosting, capture devices) - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.2(a)Every covered provider (no user threshold) must make available a free disclosure verification tool, which may point to a compliant third-party tool.transparency disclosure · Applies to: provider · SB 1000 - CAITA amendments (covered-provider threshold removed, disclosure verification tool) - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.4.1Violation of the platform-provenance prohibition in section 22757.3(d) is subject to a $50,000 civil penalty per violation recoverable by the AG, a city attorney or county counsel.prohibition · Applies to: other · SB 1000 - CAITA amendments (covered-provider threshold removed, disclosure verification tool) - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.3.1(a)Large online platforms must detect provenance data in distributed content and provide a user interface that reliably indicates whether content is GenAI-generated or capture-device captured.transparency disclosure · Applies to: other · AB 2713 - CAITA system provenance data amendments - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22602(a)-(b)Operators must issue a clear AI-disclosure notification where a user could be misled and must maintain and publish a protocol preventing suicide and self-harm content, with crisis-service referrals.transparency disclosure · Applies to: provider · SB 243 - Companion chatbots - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22602(c)For users known to be minors, operators must disclose AI status, notify at least every three hours to take a break, and reasonably prevent sexually explicit visual material.human oversight · Applies to: provider · SB 243 - Companion chatbots - Bus. & Prof. Code § 22626Large private businesses must not represent a customer service chatbot as human and must clearly disclose it is artificially generated where a reasonable person might otherwise be misled.transparency disclosure · Applies to: deployer · AB 1609 - Customer service chatbots - Bus. & Prof. Code § 17610Advertisements that prominently include a synthetic performer must carry a clear and conspicuous disclosure of that fact.transparency disclosure · Applies to: deployer · SB 1050 - Synthetic performers in advertising - Civ. Code § 3344; Penal Code § 540Using another person's voice or likeness, including a digital replica, without consent for commercial purposes is actionable, and using a digital replica to impersonate is false impersonation.prohibition · Applies to: other · SB 1111 - Digital replicas - 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.transparency disclosure · Applies to: deployer · SB 524 - Law enforcement agencies: artificial intelligence (AI-generated police reports) - Civ. Code § 1708.86A person may not knowingly facilitate or recklessly aid or abet the creation or disclosure of digitized sexually explicit material without consent; a provider of services enabling a deepfake pornography service that does not stop within 30 days of receiving sufficient evidence is presumed to be knowingly facilitating.prohibition · Applies to: other · AB 621 - Deepfake pornography (Civil Code section 1708.86) - Elec. Code § 20012(b)(1)During the period set in subdivision (c) (30 days before an election; for election officials and voting equipment, 30 days before to 38 days after), a person may not with malice knowingly distribute an advertisement or election communication with materially deceptive content; satire and parody are excepted.prohibition · Applies to: other · AB 502 - Elections: deceptive media in advertisements (replaces AB 2839) - 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.transparency disclosure · Applies to: deployer · AB 3030 - Health care services: generative AI patient communications - Gov. Code § 84514(a)A committee that creates, originally publishes or originally distributes a qualified political advertisement containing AI-generated or substantially altered image, audio or video must include a specified disclosure, displayed or spoken as prescribed for the medium.transparency disclosure · Applies to: other · AB 2355 - Political Reform Act: AI disclosure in political advertisements - Elec. Code Div. 20, Ch. 7 (§ 20510 et seq.)A large online platform must develop and implement procedures to identify and remove, and to label, reported materially deceptive election content in specified periods around a California election. Enjoined as applied to X Corp. and Rumble.other · Applies to: other · AB 2655 - Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024 (enjoined as to X Corp. and Rumble) - Elec. Code § 20012 (as added by AB 2839)A person, committee or entity may not knowingly distribute, with malice, an election advertisement or communication containing materially deceptive content within 120 days before an election (and in specified cases 60 days after), subject to exemptions. Enjoined as to the named plaintiffs in Kohls v. Bonta.prohibition · Applies to: other · AB 2839 - Elections: deceptive media in advertisements (2024; enjoined as to named plaintiffs) - TAKE IT DOWN Act Sec. 3(a)(1), (3)A covered platform must establish a process for individuals to notify it of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions and must remove a depiction, and make reasonable efforts to remove known identical copies, within 48 hours of a valid request.other · Applies to: other · TAKE IT DOWN Act (Public Law 119-12) - notice and removal of nonconsensual intimate imagery including deepfakes Milestones - 19 May 2026Covered-platform notice and removal duties become enforceable MetTAKE IT DOWN Act (Public Law 119-12) - notice and removal of nonconsensual intimate imagery including deepfakes - 2 Aug 2026CAITA operative (delayed from 2026-01-01 by AB 853) MetCalifornia AI Transparency Act (SB 942), as amended - 1 Jan 2027Large online platform and GenAI hosting platform duties begin UpcomingAB 853 - California AI Transparency Act amendments (platforms, hosting, capture devices) - 1 Jul 2027First annual SB 243 reports to Office of Suicide Prevention begin UpcomingSB 243 - Companion chatbots - 1 Jul 2027Operators begin annual reports to the Office of Suicide Prevention UpcomingSB 243 - Companion chatbots - 1 Jan 2028Capture device manufacturer duties begin for devices first produced on or after this date UpcomingAB 853 - California AI Transparency Act amendments (platforms, hosting, capture devices) Claims and evidence (77) - SB 942 added the California AI Transparency Act (Bus. & Prof. Code ch. 25), effective 2025-01-01.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 25 (California AI Transparency Act, SB 942) - codified text as displayed (pre-AB 853 version)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=25.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757(Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 291, Sec. 1. (SB 942) Effective January 1, 2025. Operative January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 22757.6.) - Derived: Probable CAITA carries civil penalties enforced by the AG, city attorneys and county counsel.Confidence: Probable · As of 2 Aug 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 25 (California AI Transparency Act, SB 942) - codified text as displayed (pre-AB 853 version)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=25.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757(Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 291, Sec. 1. (SB 942) Effective January 1, 2025. Operative January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 22757.6.) - CAITA became operative on August 2, 2026 after AB 853 delayed it from January 1, 2026.Confidence: Probable · As of 2 Aug 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 853 (Wicks), Chapter 674, Statutes of 2025 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB853) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.6 as amended by AB 853This chapter shall become operative on August 2, 2026. - Original threshold: more than 1,000,000 monthly visitors or users (since deleted by SB 1000).Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 25 (California AI Transparency Act, SB 942) - codified text as displayed (pre-AB 853 version)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=25.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.1(b) (pre-SB 1000 text)“Covered provider” means a person that creates, codes, or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that has over 1,000,000 monthly visitors or users and is publicly accessible within the geographic boundaries of the state. - Derived: Probable Civil penalty of $5,000 per violation, with each day a discrete violation.Confidence: Probable · As of 2 Aug 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 25 (California AI Transparency Act, SB 942) - codified text as displayed (pre-AB 853 version)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=25.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.4(a)(1)shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation to be collected in a civil action filed by the Attorney General, a city attorney, or a county counsel. - Latent disclosures in AI-generated image, video and audio content.Confidence: Probable · As of 2 Aug 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 25 (California AI Transparency Act, SB 942) - codified text as displayed (pre-AB 853 version)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=25.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.3 (pre-SB 1000 text)latent disclosure in AI-generated image, video, or audio content, or content that is any combination thereof, created by the covered provider’s GenAI system that meets all of the following criteria: - Covered providers must include a latent disclosure in AI-generated image, video or audio content and make a free tool available to check provenance.Confidence: Probable · As of 2 Aug 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 25 (California AI Transparency Act, SB 942) - codified text as displayed (pre-AB 853 version)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=25.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.3 (pre-SB 1000 text)latent disclosure in AI-generated image, video, or audio content, or content that is any combination thereof, created by the covered provider’s GenAI system that meets all of the following criteria: - AB 853 was chaptered as Chapter 674, Statutes of 2025, on October 13, 2025.Confidence: Probable · As of 13 Oct 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 853 (Wicks), Chapter 674, Statutes of 2025 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB853) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chapter 674 headerApproved by Governor October 13, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 13, 2025. - Derived: Probable AB 853 imposes statutory duties on platforms and manufacturers.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 853 (Wicks), Chapter 674, Statutes of 2025 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB853) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.6 as amended by AB 853This chapter shall become operative on August 2, 2026. - AB 853 approved by the Governor on October 13, 2025.Confidence: Probable · As of 13 Oct 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 853 (Wicks), Chapter 674, Statutes of 2025 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB853) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chapter 674 headerApproved by Governor October 13, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 13, 2025. - AB 853 amends CAITA.Confidence: Probable · As of 13 Oct 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 853 (Wicks), Chapter 674, Statutes of 2025 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB853) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.6 as amended by AB 853This chapter shall become operative on August 2, 2026. - SB 1000 was approved on September 30, 2026.Confidence: Probable · As of 30 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 1000 (Becker), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.`xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1000) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chapter headerApproved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026. - Derived: Probable SB 1000 amends a binding statute and adds a $50,000 penalty.Confidence: Probable · As of 30 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 1000 (Becker), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.`xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1000) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would recast those provisions to, among other changes, delete the user threshold from the definition of “covered provider,” replace the term “AI detection tool” with “disclosure verification tool,” delete the above-described requirement of a covered provider to offer the user the option to include a manifest disclosure in content, and additionally require a covered provider to include in the above-described latent disclosure whether the GenAI system created or altered the content. - SB 1000 is an urgency statute that goes into immediate effect on approval.Confidence: Probable · As of 30 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 1000 (Becker), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.`xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1000) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chapter headerApproved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026. - The user threshold no longer limits who is a covered provider.Confidence: Probable · As of 30 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 1000 (Becker), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.`xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1000) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would recast those provisions to, among other changes, delete the user threshold from the definition of “covered provider,” replace the term “AI detection tool” with “disclosure verification tool,” delete the above-described requirement of a covered provider to offer the user the option to include a manifest disclosure in content, and additionally require a covered provider to include in the above-described latent disclosure whether the GenAI system created or altered the content. - Derived: Probable Violators of section 22757.3(d) face $50,000 per violation.Confidence: Probable · As of 30 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 1000 (Becker), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.`xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1000) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.4.1(a)(1)A violator of subdivision (d) of Section 22757.3 shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per violation - SB 1000 amends CAITA.Confidence: Probable · As of 30 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 1000 (Becker), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.`xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1000) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would recast those provisions to, among other changes, delete the user threshold from the definition of “covered provider,” replace the term “AI detection tool” with “disclosure verification tool,” delete the above-described requirement of a covered provider to offer the user the option to include a manifest disclosure in content, and additionally require a covered provider to include in the above-described latent disclosure whether the GenAI system created or altered the content. - AB 2713 was approved on September 30, 2026.Confidence: Probable · As of 30 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2713 (Wicks), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2713) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would revise the duties and prohibitions applicable to a large online platform relating to artificial intelligence, including the requirement for allowing a user to inspect system provenance data. - Derived: Probable AB 2713 revises mandatory platform duties.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2027 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2713 (Wicks), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2713) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would revise the duties and prohibitions applicable to a large online platform relating to artificial intelligence, including the requirement for allowing a user to inspect system provenance data. - AB 2713 amends CAITA.Confidence: Probable · As of 30 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2713 (Wicks), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2713) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would revise the duties and prohibitions applicable to a large online platform relating to artificial intelligence, including the requirement for allowing a user to inspect system provenance data. - SB 243 added Chapter 22.6 (Companion Chatbots) to the Business and Professions Code, effective 2026-01-01.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 22.6 (Companion Chatbots, SB 243) - codified text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=22.6.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22601(Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 677, Sec. 1. (SB 243) Effective January 1, 2026.) - SB 243 duties are enforceable through a private right of action.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 22.6 (Companion Chatbots, SB 243) - codified text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=22.6.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22601(Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 677, Sec. 1. (SB 243) Effective January 1, 2026.) - [Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 22.6 (Companion Chatbots, SB 243) - codified text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=22.6.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22605(b)Damages in an amount equal to the greater of actual damages or one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation. - SB 243 took effect January 1, 2026.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 22.6 (Companion Chatbots, SB 243) - codified text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=22.6.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22601(Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 677, Sec. 1. (SB 243) Effective January 1, 2026.) - Operators must notify users that a companion chatbot is artificially generated where a reasonable person could be misled, and must maintain and publish a suicide and self-harm prevention protocol.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 22.6 (Companion Chatbots, SB 243) - codified text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=22.6.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22602(a)If a reasonable person interacting with a companion chatbot would be misled to believe that the person is interacting with a human, an operator shall issue a clear and conspicuous notification indicating that the companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human. - [Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 22.6 (Companion Chatbots, SB 243) - codified text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=22.6.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22602(b)(1)An operator shall prevent a companion chatbot on its companion chatbot platform from engaging with users unless the operator maintains a protocol for preventing the production of suicidal ideation, suicide, or self-harm content to the user - For users the operator knows are minors, operators must disclose AI status, give break reminders at least every three hours, and prevent sexually explicit visual material.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Div. 8 Ch. 22.6 (Companion Chatbots, SB 243) - codified text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=8.&title=&part=&chapter=22.6.&article=) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22602(c)(2)Provide by default a clear and conspicuous notification to the user at least every three hours for continuing companion chatbot interactions that reminds the user to take a break and that the companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human. - SB 243 was approved by the Governor on 2025-10-13 as Chapter 677, Statutes of 2025.Confidence: Probable · As of 13 Oct 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 243 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 677) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB243) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor October 13, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 13, 2025. - AB 1609 was approved on September 28, 2026.Confidence: Probable · As of 28 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 1609 (Zbur), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1609) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 28, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 28, 2026. - [California Lawyers Association - 2026 status update on California AI, privacy and technology-related bills](https://calawyers.org/privacy-law/2026-status-update-on-california-ai-privacy-and-other-technology-related-bills/) T3 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bill status chart, signed bills headerEffective Date January 1, 2027 (unless stated otherwise) - Derived: Probable AB 1609 imposes prohibitions with civil penalties.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2027 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 1609 (Zbur), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1609) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22626(a)A large private business shall not represent that a customer service chatbot is a human. - [AB 1609 (Zbur), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1609) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bus. & Prof. Code § 22628(b)A large private business that violates this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for an initial violation, and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each subsequent violation. - Derived: Probable AB 1609 takes effect on the default January 1, 2027 date per the CLA signed-bills chart.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2027 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 1609 (Zbur), Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1609) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 28, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 28, 2026. - [California Lawyers Association - 2026 status update on California AI, privacy and technology-related bills](https://calawyers.org/privacy-law/2026-status-update-on-california-ai-privacy-and-other-technology-related-bills/) T3 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bill status chart, signed bills headerEffective Date January 1, 2027 (unless stated otherwise) - SB 1050 was approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State on 16 September 2026.Confidence: Probable · As of 16 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 1050 (Ashby), Chapter 246, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1050) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 16, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 16, 2026. - Derived: Probable SB 1050 makes it an unlawful advertising practice to publish an advertisement prominently featuring a synthetic performer without a clear and conspicuous disclosure, from 1 January 2027.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2027 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 1050 (Ashby), Chapter 246, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1050) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would make it an unlawful advertising practice for a person to create and cause to be published in an advertising medium an advertisement that prominently includes a synthetic performer without a clear and conspicuous disclosure that the advertisement includes a synthetic performer. - SB 1111 was approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State on 30 September 2026.Confidence: Probable · As of 30 Sep 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 1111 (Ashby), Chapter 862, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1111) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026. - Derived: Probable SB 1111 extends the Civil Code §3344 right of publicity to digital replicas and makes impersonation by digital replica a form of false impersonation under Penal Code §540, from 1 January 2027.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2027 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 1111 (Ashby), Chapter 862, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1111) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would clarify that, for purposes of this cause of action, a voice or likeness includes a digital replica - [SB 1111 (Ashby), Chapter 862, Statutes of 2026 - chaptered text](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1111) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Penal Code § 540(a)false impersonation includes the use of a digital replica with the intent to impersonate another. - Penal Code section 13663 requires disclosure, signature, first-draft retention and an audit trail for AI-assisted police reports.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB524) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Penal Code § 13663(a)(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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB524) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Penal Code § 13663(a)(1)"This report was written either fully or in part using artificial intelligence." - [SB 524 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 587) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB524) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Penal Code § 13663(b)(1)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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB524) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Penal Code § 13663(c)(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 - AB 621 was approved by the Governor on 13 October 2025 as Chapter 673, Statutes of 2025.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 621 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 673) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB621) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor October 13, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 13, 2025. - Derived: Probable Civil Code section 1708.86 as amended is chaptered law.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 621 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 673) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB621) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would make a person that provides a service that enables the ongoing operation of a deepfake pornography service presumed to be engaged in knowing facilitation or reckless aiding or abetting - AB 621 takes effect on the 1 January 2026 constitutional default; the chaptered text states no other date.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 621 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 673) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB621) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor October 13, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 13, 2025. - The Governor approved AB 621 on 13 October 2025.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 621 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 673) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB621) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor October 13, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 13, 2025. - AB 621 extends civil liability to those who facilitate deepfake pornography services and presumes service providers liable after 30 days' notice.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 621 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 673) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB621) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would make a person that provides a service that enables the ongoing operation of a deepfake pornography service presumed to be engaged in knowing facilitation or reckless aiding or abetting - [AB 621 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 673) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB621) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Civ. Code § 1708.86(a)(3)(3) "Deepfake pornography service" means an internet website, mobile application, or other service the primary purpose of which is to create digitized sexually explicit material. - Derived: Probable Statutory damages rise to $50,000, or $250,000 for a malicious violation, and public attorneys may sue.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 621 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 673) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB621) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would increase the maximum statutory damages available to a depicted individual to $50,000 if the violation was not malicious and $250,000 for a malicious violation and would authorize certain public attorneys to bring a civil action to enforce these provisions - SB 361 requires registered data brokers to report sales or sharing of consumer data to GenAI developers.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 361 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 466) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB361) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThe bill would also require a data broker to provide information regarding whether, in the past year, the data broker shared or sold consumers' data to a foreign actor, as defined, the federal government, other state governments, law enforcement, as provided, or a developer of a GenAI system, as defined. - [SB 361 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2025, Ch. 466) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB361) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Civ. Code § 1798.99.80 (definitions)"Generative artificial intelligence system" or "GenAI system" means an artificial intelligence that can generate derived synthetic content, including text, images, video, and audio, that emulates the structure and characteristics of the system's training data. - AB 502 was approved by the Governor on 19 September 2026 as Chapter 333, Statutes of 2026.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 502 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 333) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB502) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 19, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 19, 2026. - Derived: Probable Elections Code section 20012 as amended is chaptered law.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 502 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 333) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB502) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Elec. Code § 20012(b)(1)shall not, during the time period set forth in subdivision (c), with malice, knowingly distribute an advertisement or other election communication containing materially deceptive content of any of the following: - AB 502 is an urgency statute and took effect immediately on approval on 19 September 2026.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 502 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 333) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB502) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. - The Governor approved AB 502 on 19 September 2026.Confidence: Probable · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 502 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2026, Ch. 333) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB502) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 19, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 19, 2026. - AB 3030 was approved by the Governor on 2024-09-28 as Chapter 848, Statutes of 2024.Confidence: Probable · As of 28 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3030) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 28, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 28, 2024. - Health and Safety Code section 1339.75 is chaptered law.Confidence: Probable · As of 28 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3030) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Health & Saf. Code § 1339.75(a)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: - Derived: Probable AB 3030 took effect on the January 1, 2025 constitutional default; the chaptered text states no other date.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3030) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 28, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 28, 2024. - The Governor approved the bill on 2024-09-28.Confidence: Probable · As of 28 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3030) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 28, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 28, 2024. - Section 1339.75 requires an AI disclaimer and human-contact instructions in AI-generated patient clinical communications, except where a licensed provider reviewed them.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 3030 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 848) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3030) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Health & Saf. Code § 1339.75(a)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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3030) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Health & Saf. Code § 1339.75(a)(2)(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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3030) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThe 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 2355 was approved by the Governor on 2024-09-17 as Chapter 260, Statutes of 2024.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2355 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 260) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 17, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 17, 2024. - Government Code section 84514 is chaptered law within the Political Reform Act.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2355 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 260) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would require a committee that creates, originally publishes, or originally distributes a qualified political advertisement to include in the advertisement a specified disclosure that the advertisement was generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence, as defined. - Derived: Probable AB 2355 took effect on the January 1, 2025 constitutional default; the chaptered text states no other date.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2355 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 260) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 17, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 17, 2024. - The Governor approved the bill on 2024-09-17.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2355 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 260) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 17, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 17, 2024. - AB 2355 requires committees to disclose AI-generated or substantially altered content in political advertisements.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2355 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 260) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would require a committee that creates, originally publishes, or originally distributes a qualified political advertisement to include in the advertisement a specified disclosure that the advertisement was generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence, as defined. - [AB 2355 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 260) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Gov. Code § 84514(a)(2)(2) The disclosure required by paragraph (1) shall be displayed or spoken in the manner prescribed in Section 84504, 84504.1, 84504.2, 84504.3, 84504.4, or 84504.5, as applicable. - The Fair Political Practices Commission administers and implements the Political Reform Act, including section 84514.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2355 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 260) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThe Fair Political Practices Commission is charged with administering and implementing the act - AB 2655 was approved by the Governor on 2024-09-17 as Chapter 261, Statutes of 2024.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2655 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 261) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2655) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 17, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 17, 2024. - AB 2655 is chaptered law, enjoined as applied to X Corp. and Rumble.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2655 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 261) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2655) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill, to be known as the Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, would require a large online platform, as defined, to block the posting of materially deceptive content related to elections in California, during specified periods before and after an election. - Derived: Probable AB 2655 took effect on the January 1, 2025 constitutional default.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2655 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 261) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2655) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 17, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 17, 2024. - The Governor approved the bill on 2024-09-17.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2655 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 261) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2655) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 17, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 17, 2024. - AB 2655 required large online platforms to block or label materially deceptive election content.Confidence: Probable · As of 1 Jan 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2655 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 261) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2655) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill, to be known as the Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, would require a large online platform, as defined, to block the posting of materially deceptive content related to elections in California, during specified periods before and after an election. - [AB 2655 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 261) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2655) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Elec. Code § 20513 (procedures)large online platform shall develop and implement procedures for the use of state-of-the-art techniques to identify and remove materially deceptive content if all of the following conditions are met: - Derived: Probable On 2025-08-20 the Eastern District of California entered judgment declaring AB 2655 preempted by section 230 as applied to X Corp. and Rumble and permanently enjoining its enforcement against them.Confidence: Uncertain · As of 20 Aug 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Kohls v. Bonta, E.D. Cal. 2:24-cv-02527, Filing 98 - Order and Final Judgment (2025-08-20)](https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/caedce/2:2024cv02527/453046/98) T2 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Filing 98 docket textDECLARING that AB 2655 violates and is preempted by 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1), § 230(c)(2)(B), and § 230(e)(3), as-applied to X Corp. and Rumble; and PERMANENTLY ENJOINING Defendants from enforcing AB 2655, in its entirety, against X Corp. and Rumble. - AB 2839 was approved by the Governor on 2024-09-17 as Chapter 262, Statutes of 2024.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2839 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 262) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2839) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 17, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 17, 2024. - AB 2839 added Elections Code section 20012 as chaptered law.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2839 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 262) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2839) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would prohibit a person, committee, or other entity from knowingly distributing an advertisement or other election communication, as defined, that contains certain materially deceptive content, as defined, with malice, as defined, subject to specified exemptions. - AB 2839 is an urgency statute that took effect immediately on approval.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2839 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 262) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2839) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chapter titlerelating to elections, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. - The Governor approved the bill on 2024-09-17.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2839 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 262) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2839) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Chaptered bill headerApproved by Governor September 17, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 17, 2024. - AB 2839 prohibited malicious distribution of materially deceptive election content within 120 days of an election.Confidence: Probable · As of 17 Sep 2024 · evidencedEvidence and sources[AB 2839 chaptered bill text (Stats. 2024, Ch. 262) - leginfo billNavClient](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2839) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Legislative Counsel's DigestThis bill would prohibit a person, committee, or other entity from knowingly distributing an advertisement or other election communication, as defined, that contains certain materially deceptive content, as defined, with malice, as defined, subject to specified exemptions. - Derived: Probable On 2025-08-29 the Eastern District of California permanently enjoined enforcement of AB 2839 against the named plaintiffs in Kohls v. Bonta.Confidence: Uncertain · As of 29 Aug 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Kohls v. Bonta, E.D. Cal. 2:24-cv-02527, Filing 101 (order of 2025-08-29) - Justia docket](https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/caedce/2:2024cv02527/453046/101) T2 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Filing 101 docket textDefendants Rob Bonta and Shirley N. Weber and their agents, employees, public servants, officers and persons acting in concert with them are HEREBY PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from enforcing AB 2839 against the named Plaintiffs. - The TAKE IT DOWN Act was approved on May 19, 2025 as Public Law 119-12.Confidence: Probable · As of 19 May 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Public Law 119-12 - TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146), U.S. Government Publishing Office](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Public Law 119-12, enactment noteApproved May 19, 2025. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 146 - Derived: Probable Section 3 imposes mandatory notice-and-removal duties on covered platforms, enforced by the FTC.Confidence: Probable · As of 19 May 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Public Law 119-12 - TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146), U.S. Government Publishing Office](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Sec. 3(a)(3)a covered platform shall, as soon as possible, but not later than 48 hours after receiving such request-- (A) remove the intimate visual depiction; and (B) make reasonable efforts to identify and remove any known identical copies of such depiction. - [Public Law 119-12 - TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146), U.S. Government Publishing Office](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Sec. 3(b)(1)A failure to reasonably comply with the notice and takedown obligations under subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or a deceptive act or practice under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act - Platform notice-and-removal duties apply from May 19, 2026, one year after enactment.Confidence: Confirmed · As of 19 May 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Public Law 119-12 - TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146), U.S. Government Publishing Office](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Sec. 3(a)(1)(A)Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, a covered platform shall establish a process whereby an identifiable individual - [FTC business guidance - Complying with the Take It Down Act (May 2026)](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/complying-take-it-down-act) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · FTC guidance, openingThe Federal Trade Commission enforces Section 3 of the Take It Down Act (TIDA), effective May 19, 2026. - Covered platforms must remove reported intimate depictions and known identical copies within 48 hours of a request.Confidence: Probable · As of 19 May 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Public Law 119-12 - TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146), U.S. Government Publishing Office](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Sec. 3(a)(3)a covered platform shall, as soon as possible, but not later than 48 hours after receiving such request-- (A) remove the intimate visual depiction; and (B) make reasonable efforts to identify and remove any known identical copies of such depiction. - Derived: Probable A platform failing to comply may face FTC civil penalties of $53,088 per violation.Confidence: Confirmed · As of 19 May 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Public Law 119-12 - TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146), U.S. Government Publishing Office](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Sec. 3(b)(1)A failure to reasonably comply with the notice and takedown obligations under subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or a deceptive act or practice under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act - [FTC business guidance - Complying with the Take It Down Act (May 2026)](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/complying-take-it-down-act) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · FTC guidancePlatforms that violate the law may face FTC enforcement that could result in civil penalties of $53,088 per violation. - The Federal Trade Commission enforces the notice and takedown obligations as a violation of an FTC rule.Confidence: Probable · As of 19 May 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[Public Law 119-12 - TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146), U.S. Government Publishing Office](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htm) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Sec. 3(b)(1)A failure to reasonably comply with the notice and takedown obligations under subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or a deceptive act or practice under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act - SB 11 was introduced in the California Legislature and did not become law.Confidence: Probable · As of 13 Oct 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 11 bill status and Governor veto message](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB11) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bill status, history actions|10/13/25|In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.| |10/13/25|Vetoed by the Governor.| - [SB 11 bill status and Governor veto message](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB11) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Governor's messageI am returning Senate Bill 11 without my signature. This bill would amend existing statutes regarding the right of publicity and the crime of false impersonation to address situations involving digital replicas. - [SB 11 bill status and Governor veto message](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB11) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Governor's messageIn this case, however, it is unclear whether a warning would be sufficient to dissuade wrongdoers from using AI to impersonate others without their consent. For this reason, I cannot sign this bill. - SB 11 has no legal force.Confidence: Probable · As of 13 Oct 2025 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 11 bill status and Governor veto message](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB11) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bill status, history actions|10/13/25|In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.| |10/13/25|Vetoed by the Governor.| - [SB 11 bill status and Governor veto message](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB11) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Governor's messageI am returning Senate Bill 11 without my signature. This bill would amend existing statutes regarding the right of publicity and the crime of false impersonation to address situations involving digital replicas. - [SB 11 bill status and Governor veto message](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB11) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Governor's messageIn this case, however, it is unclear whether a warning would be sufficient to dissuade wrongdoers from using AI to impersonate others without their consent. For this reason, I cannot sign this bill. - The Governor vetoed SB 11 on 2025-10-13 saying it was unclear a warning would dissuade wrongdoers; the veto was sustained on 2026-03-02.Confidence: Probable · As of 2 Mar 2026 · evidencedEvidence and sources[SB 11 bill status and Governor veto message](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB11) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bill status, history actions|10/13/25|In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.| |10/13/25|Vetoed by the Governor.| - [SB 11 bill status and Governor veto message](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB11) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Governor's messageIn this case, however, it is unclear whether a warning would be sufficient to dissuade wrongdoers from using AI to impersonate others without their consent. For this reason, I cannot sign this bill. - [SB 11 bill status and Governor veto message](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB11) T1 · retrieved · retrieved 8 Oct 2026 · Bill status, history actions|03/02/26|Veto sustained.| |03/02/26|Stricken from file.| Open evidence