# California signs SB 1119 on companion chatbots and children's safety

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2026-09-10
- **Jurisdiction**: California (United States)
- **Instrument**: California SB 1119: Companion chatbots: children's safety (Chapter 190, Statutes of 2026)
- **Impact level**: High
- **Status after the change**: Adopted

## What changed

SB 1119 was chaptered (Chapter 190, Statutes of 2026). Operators must carry out a child-focused risk assessment before releasing a new or substantially modified companion chatbot from 1 July 2027, and commission child-safety audits by 1 January 2029. Recorded from search extracts of the legislature's pages.

## What it means in practice

Companion chatbot operators should plan a documented child-safety risk assessment before mid-2027 releases.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-CHG-0152 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0152; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2026-09-10-california-sb-1119-chatbot-child-safety-signed
- **Official source**: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1119
- **Source document**: California Legislative Information: SB 1119 (2025-2026) status
- **Published by**: California Legislative Information
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-21
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "California signs SB 1119 on companion chatbots and children's safety" [AIPT-CHG-0152, record version 1, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0152 (accessed 21 October 2026).

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