Key point: After the August 29 deadline for fiscal committees to report bills, four of the nine privacy-related bills and 17 of the 23 AI-related bills we have been tracking are still alive.
We are currently tracking 32 privacy and AI-related bills that previously crossed chambers prior to the legislative deadline. With the California legislature closing on September 12, we will provide weekly updates on the progress of these bills.
1. What’s New
Friday, August 29, was the deadline for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to the floor. As discussed below, the deadline resulted in a further narrowing of the bills that remain active. Specifically, there are now four privacy-related bills and 17 AI-related bills still under consideration. Looking forward, September 5 is the final day to amend bills on the floor, and the legislature closes on September 12.
Privacy Bills
Bills That Advanced
Two bills advanced out of fiscal committees on August 29. The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously passed AB-1043 (age verification signals). The bill was then read for a second time and ordered to a third reading. In the Assembly, the Appropriations Committee amended SB 771 (personal rights: liability: social media platforms) and passed the bill by an 11-1 vote. The amendment is not yet publicly available.
Meanwhile, SB 361 (data broker registration: data collection), which passed out of committee in July, was amended on the Assembly floor and ordered to a third reading. The bill amends California’s data broker registration law to require data brokers to provide additional information as to their data processing activities when registering with the Agency. The amendment added more categories of personal data that data brokers would be required to disclose if collected, such as mobile advertising identification numbers, connected television identification numbers, and vehicle identification numbers.
Finally, there was no movement with AB 566 (opt-out preference signal), as that bill remained on third reading in the Senate.
Bills That Died
AB 322 (precise geolocation information) and AB 302 (data brokers: elected officials and judges)were held under submission by the Senate Appropriations Committee. SB 354 (Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2025) was never set for an Appropriations Committee hearing.
AI Bills
Bills That Advanced
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted out 10 bills:
- AB 1018 (automated decision systems) (5-2 vote)
- AB 853 (California AI Transparency Act) (5-2 vote)
- AB 1331 (workplace surveillance) as amended (5-2 vote)
- AB 325 (Cartwright Act: violations) as amended (5-2 vote)
- AB 446 (surveillance pricing) as amended (4-2 vote)
- AB 489 (health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: AI) (7-0 vote)
- AB 682 (health care coverage reporting) (6-0 vote)
- AB 723 (real estate: digitally altered images: disclosures) (5-2)
- AB 1064 (Leading Ethical AI Development for Kids Act) (5-2)
- AB 316 (AI: defenses) (7-0)
All of these bills are now on second or third floor readings.
With respect to committee amendments, the amendment to AB 1331 primarily revised the bill’s application to breakrooms and cafeterias. It also added exemptions for law enforcement agencies.
The amendment to AB 325 revised the bill’s definition of common pricing algorithm. The bill makes it unlawful for a “person to use or distribute a common pricing algorithm if the person coerces another person to set or adopt a recommended price or commercial term for the same or similar products or services in” California.
The amendment to AB 446 narrowed the bill’s scope such that it now only applies to grocery establishments.
The amendment to AB 1064 primarily revised the bill’s definition of companion chatbot.
Moving to the Assembly, the Appropriations Committee voted out six bills:
- SB 53 (AI models: large developers) as amended (11-1 vote)
- SB 11 (AI technology) as amended (11-0 vote)
- SB 243 (companion chatbots) (13-1 vote)
- SB 7 (employment: automated decision systems) as amended (10-4 vote)
- SB 295 (California Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025) as amended (10-4 vote)
- SB 503 (health care services: AI) (15-0 vote)
The texts of the committee amendments are not yet publicly available.
Finally, SB 259 (Fair Online Pricing Act), which passed out of committee in July, remained on a third reading.
Bills That Died
AB 410 (bots: disclosure), SB 384 (Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act), and SB 52 (housing rental terms: algorithmic devices) were held under submission.
SB 420 (automated decision systems), SB 238 (workplace surveillance tools), and AB 412 (generative AI: training data: copyrighted materials) were never set for Appropriations Committee hearings.
2. Bill Tracker Chart and Summaries
You can find our latest bill tracker chart containing summaries of each of the bills here.
