Legislators
Scott Wiener
State Senator, California Senate District 11
California State Senate · California (United States)
Role in AI policy
California state senator for San Francisco. The Legislature's bill record lists him as lead author of SB 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, which the Governor signed on 29 September 2025 (Chapter 138, Statutes of 2025). The law requires large frontier developers to publish safety frameworks and report critical safety incidents, protects whistleblowers and sets up the CalCompute public computing cluster. His office's releases in 2026 continue to address AI, including a statement on the Governor's AI executive order of September 2026.
Related laws and policies on record
Public statements in the role
- Governor Newsom Signs Senator Wiener's Landmark AI Law To Set Commonsense Guardrails, Boost Innovation Office of Senator Scott Wiener
- Senator Wiener's Statement Supporting Governor Newsom's AI Kill Switch Executive Order Office of Senator Scott Wiener