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California (United States) Routine

California executive order directs work on AI oversight, including a frontier-model kill switch

The Governor issued an executive order asking a working group to recommend, within about two months, measures to strengthen California's AI safety and security laws, including whether developers of frontier models should maintain a shutdown capability and whether independent third parties should prepare safety plans. It creates no new obligations itself. Recorded from secondary reporting; confirm the order's number and text on the Governor's site.

Practical impact: No obligations yet; frontier-model developers should watch for the working group's recommendations.

Governor Newsom issues executive order to accelerate independent oversight and advance the creation of an AI kill switch Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
California (United States) High Adopted

California SB 1050 requires disclosure of AI synthetic performers in advertising

SB 1050 makes it unlawful to create or publish an advertisement that prominently includes a synthetic performer (a human-like digital voice, figure or representation created at least partly with generative AI and not depicting an identifiable person) without a clear and conspicuous disclosure. It takes effect on 1 January 2027. Recorded from secondary reporting; confirm against the chaptered text.

Practical impact: Advertisers and agencies should add a clear disclosure to any California advertisement that features an AI-generated performer from 1 January 2027.

SB-1050 False advertising: synthetic performers Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
California (United States) High Adopted

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

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.

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

California chatbot child-safety law (SB 1119) California Legislative Information: SB 1119 (2025-2026) status Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
California (United States) High Adopted

California signs child-safety laws covering companion chatbots and social media

The Governor signed a package of child-safety bills that, among other things, require risk assessments before new companion-chatbot rollouts, add penalties for harm to children and restrict toys that include a companion chatbot. According to the announcement and secondary reporting, most provisions take effect on 1 January 2027 and the companion-chatbot safeguards on 1 July 2027. Recorded from secondary reporting; confirm each bill against its enrolled text.

Practical impact: Providers of companion chatbots available to minors in California should plan risk assessments and safeguards for the 2027 dates.

Governor Newsom signs the strongest child safety chatbot and social media laws in the nation Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
California (United States) High Adopted

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

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.

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

Governor Newsom signs first-in-the-nation AI safeguards to protect Californians Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
California (United States) High at the time In force

California SB 53 frontier-model transparency duties become operative

Most provisions of the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act took effect, including the duty to publish a frontier AI framework and report critical safety incidents.

Practical impact: Large frontier developers should now have a published framework and incident-reporting process.

California SB 53 SB 53 Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
California (United States) High at the time Adopted

California enacts the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 53)

The Governor signed SB 53, requiring large frontier developers to publish safety frameworks and transparency reports and to report critical safety incidents, operative 1 January 2026.

Practical impact: Frontier-model developers doing business in California need a published safety framework and incident reporting process.

California SB 53 SB 53 Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)

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A dated development in the life of an instrument: adoption, entry into force, an amendment, a withdrawal, a gazette notice, the opening or closing of a consultation, or guidance being issued under it. Each entry says what changed and what it means in practice, and links the official source.

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