CA AB 56

enacted

Social media: warning labels.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including, among other laws, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act that prohibits an operator of an addictive internet-based service or application, including a social media platform, from providing an addictive feed, as defined, to a minor user, except as prescribed. This bill would enact the Social Media Warning Law that would require a covered platform, as defined, to display a certain black box warning to certain users each day the user initially accesses the social media platform, again after 3 hours of cumulative active use, and thereafter at least once per hour of cumulative active use, as prescribed. This bill would specify that its provisions shall not be interpreted to serve as the basis for a private right of action, as specified. The bill would make its provisions operative on January 1, 2027, and would declare these provisions severable.

Introduced: 2025-02-25
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-12-02
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2024-12-03
From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2025-02-24
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-02-25
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-26
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2025-03-12
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-01
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-21
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-22
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2025-04-23
Coauthors revised.
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-30
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-05-01
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-05
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
Coauthors revised.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-29
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 0. Page 1777.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-29
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-07-02
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-07-03
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-10
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 2925.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 7. Page 3368.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-13
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-13
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
02/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-02-25Compare
04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
07/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-10Compare
08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-04-22 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Dixon: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Wilson: other
- Patterson: other
- Macedo: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 10-1
Member-level votes (12)
- Kalra: yes
- Papan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Macedo: no
- Sanchez: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
AB 56 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-29 · pass · 50-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Ahrens: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hart: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Lee: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Nguyen: other
- DeMaio: other
- Rogers: other
- Soria: other
- Alvarez: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Chen: other
- Patterson: other
- Ward: other
- Wilson: other
- Flora: other
- Alanis: other
- Solache: other
- Hadwick: other
- Macedo: other
- Bryan: other
- Valencia: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Hoover: other
- Tangipa: other
- Bains: other
- Gallagher: other
- Sanchez: other
- Krell: other
- Davies: other
- Ta: other
- Lackey: other
- Ellis: other
- Castillo: other
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Haney: yes
- Calderon: yes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Health]
2025-07-01 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Stern: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Niello: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-16 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Limón: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grove: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading AB56 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Weber Pierson
2025-09-11 · pass · 30-5
Member-level votes (40)
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Seyarto: no
- Grove: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Valladares: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Jones: other
- Niello: other
- Dahle: other
AB 56 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-12 · pass · 59-7
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Tangipa: no
- Macedo: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Ellis: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Dixon: other
- Hoover: other
- Hadwick: other
- Lackey: other
- Alanis: other
- Gallagher: other
- Sanchez: other
- Chen: other
- Castillo: other
- Davies: other
- Flora: other
- Bains: other
- Ta: other

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