# California enacts an AI audit framework with SB 813 and AB 1405

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2026-09-09
- **Jurisdiction**: California (United States)
- **Impact level**: High
- **Status after the change**: Adopted

## What changed

The Governor signed SB 813, under which the Government Operations Agency sets criteria by 1 January 2028 for designating qualified AI auditors as independent verification organisations, and AB 1405, which creates an online AI Auditor Registry by 1 January 2029, after which a covered AI audit may be offered only by a registered auditor meeting independence and integrity standards. Recorded from secondary reporting; confirm against the enrolled bills.

## What it means in practice

Organisations that commission AI audits for California compliance should plan to use auditors that register under AB 1405 once the registry opens.

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2026-09-09-california-sb-813-ab-1405-ai-audit-framework
- **Official source**: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/09/governor-newsom-signs-first-in-the-nation-ai-safeguards-to-protect-californians-calls-on-the-federal-government-to-do-its-part/
- **Source document**: Governor Newsom signs first-in-the-nation AI safeguards to protect Californians
- **Published by**: Office of the Governor of California
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-05
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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