Key point: Twenty-three privacy and AI-related bills are set for appropriations committee hearings on August 29 — the deadline for bills to advance out of fiscal committees — while three other bills have passed out of committee and are set for floor votes.
We are currently tracking 31 privacy and AI-related bills that previously crossed chambers prior to the legislative deadline. With the California legislature closing on September 12, we will be providing weekly updates on the progress of these bills.
1. What’s New
The California legislature returned from its summer recess on August 18. As set forth below, 23 of the 31 bills we are tracking are set for appropriations committee hearings on August 29. That is the last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to the floor.
Meanwhile, three bills have passed out of committee and are on third readings: AB 566 (opt-out preference signal), SB 361 (data brokers), and SB 259 (Fair Online Pricing Act).
We provided summaries of all of these bills in our prior two-part series available here and here.
Privacy
The following privacy-related bills are scheduled for August 29 hearings in the Senate Appropriations Committee:
- AB 1043 (Age verification signals: software applications and online services)
- AB 302 (Data brokers: elected officials and judges)
- AB 322 (Precise geolocation information)
Meanwhile, SB 771 (social media platforms) is set for an August 29 hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AI
The following AI-related bills are scheduled for August 29 hearings in the Senate Appropriations Committee:
- AB 1018 (automated decision systems)
- AB 410 (bots: disclosure)
- AB 853 (California AI Transparency Act)
- AB 1331 (workplace surveillance)
- AB 325 (Cartwright Act: violations)
- AB 446 (surveillance pricing)
- AB 489 (health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: AI)
- AB 682 (health care coverage reporting)
- AB 723 (real estate: digitally altered images: disclosure)
- AB 1064 (Leading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act)
- AB 316 (AI: defenses)
In the Assembly, the following bills are set for August 29 hearings in the Assembly Appropriations Committee:
- SB 53 (AI models: large developers)
- SB 11 (AI technology)
- SB 243 (companion chatbots)
- SB 7 (employment: automated decision systems)
- SB 295 (California Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025)
- SB 384 (Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act)
- SB 503 (health care services: artificial intelligence)
- SB 52 (housing rental terms: algorithmic devices)
2. Bill Tracker Chart and Summaries
You can find our latest bill tracker chart containing summaries of each of the bills here.
