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AI policies in California (United States)

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California (United States) Act / statute Adopted Binding

California AI Transparency Act (SB 942)

California AI Transparency Act (SB 942, as amended by AB 853)

Covered providers of generative AI systems must offer a free AI-detection tool and embed disclosures and provenance data in AI-generated content. AB 853 (Chapter 674, Statutes of 2025) moved the operative date to 2 August 2026 and added duties for large online platforms and generative-AI hosting platforms.

Applies from 2 Aug 2026 Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) Official source
California (United States) Act / statute Adopted Binding

California AI verification organisations (SB 813)

California SB 813: Independent verification organizations for AI (Chapter 179, Statutes of 2026)

The Government Operations Agency must, by 1 January 2028, set up a process to designate and oversee independent verification organisations that assess AI models and applications. The law does not require any developer to use one.

Adopted 9 Sep 2026 Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) Official source
California (United States) Act / statute Adopted Binding

California chatbot child-safety law (SB 1119)

California SB 1119: Companion chatbots: children's safety (Chapter 190, Statutes of 2026)

Operators must carry out a documented, 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 or before first public release if later. The Attorney General must set up a public incident-reporting mechanism by 1 January 2028.

Applies from 1 Jul 2027 Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) Official source
California (United States) Act / statute Adopted Binding

California companion chatbot law (SB 243)

California SB 243: Companion chatbots (Chapter 677, Statutes of 2025)

Operators of companion chatbots must disclose that the chatbot is AI and maintain a protocol for responding to suicidal ideation and self-harm that refers users to crisis services. Users known to be minors get break reminders and protection from sexual content. Annual reports to the Office of Suicide Prevention begin 1 July 2027, and a person injured by a violation can bring a civil action.

Adopted 13 Oct 2025 Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) Official source
California (United States) Regulation In force Binding

California CPPA automated decision-making rules

California Privacy Protection Agency regulations on automated decision-making technology, risk assessments and cybersecurity audits

Regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act on automated decision-making technology (ADMT), risk assessments and cybersecurity audits. Businesses that use ADMT to make significant decisions about consumers must comply from 1 January 2027, with further deadlines phased into 2028.

Applies from 1 Jan 2027 Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) Official source
California (United States) Act / statute In force Binding

California SB 53

California SB 53: Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act

SB 53 requires "large frontier developers" (developers of the most compute-intensive models above statutory thresholds) to publish a frontier AI framework describing how they assess and mitigate catastrophic risks, publish transparency reports when deploying new frontier models, report critical safety incidents to the California Office of Emergency Services, and protect employees who report safety concerns. It also directs creation of a public computing cluster ("CalCompute").

Applies from 1 Jan 2026 Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) Official source
California (United States) Act / statute In force Binding

California training-data transparency law (AB 2013)

California AB 2013: Generative artificial intelligence: training data transparency (Chapter 817, Statutes of 2024)

Developers of generative AI systems made available to Californians must post documentation of the data used to train them on their websites, including summaries of the datasets, whether they include copyrighted material, whether they were purchased or licensed, and whether they include personal information.

Applies from 1 Jan 2026 Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) Official source

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