CA AB 1064
vetoedLeading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 1064 pass?
No. CA AB 1064 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
What is CA AB 1064 about?
The California AI Transparency Act requires a person that creates, codes, or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that has over 1,000,000 monthly visitors or users and is publicly accessible within the geographic boundaries of the state to make available an AI detection tool at no cost to the user that, among other things, allows a user to assess whether image, video, or audio content, or content that is any combination thereof, was created or altered by the covered provider's generative artificial intelligence system. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 prohibits certain businesses from selling or sharing the personal information of consumers if the business has actual knowledge that the consumer is less than 16 years of age, unless the consumer, if the consumer is at least 13 years of age and less than 16 years of age, or the consumer's parent or guardian, if the consumer is less than 13 years of age, has affirmatively authorized the sale or sharing of the consumer's personal information. This bill, the Leading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act, would, among other things related to the use of certain artificial intelligence systems by children, prohibit a person, partnership, corporation, business entity, or state or local government agency that makes a companion chatbot available to users from making a companion chatbot available to a child unless the companion chatbot is not foreseeably capable of doing certain things that could harm a child, including encouraging the child to engage in self-harm, suicidal ideation, violence, consumption of drugs or alcohol, or disordered eating. The act would authorize the Attorney General to recover a certain civil penalty for a violation of the bill, as prescribed. The act would authorize a child who suffers actual harm as a result of a violation of the bill, or a parent or guardian acting on behalf of that child, to bring a civil action to recover, among other relief, actual damages. This bill would provide that its provisions are severable.
Who sponsors CA AB 1064?
Bauer-Kahan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1064, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
The California AI Transparency Act requires a person that creates, codes, or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that has over 1,000,000 monthly visitors or users and is publicly accessible within the geographic boundaries of the state to make available an AI detection tool at no cost to the user that, among other things, allows a user to assess whether image, video, or audio content, or content that is any combination thereof, was created or altered by the covered provider's generative artificial intelligence system. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 prohibits certain businesses from selling or sharing the personal information of consumers if the business has actual knowledge that the consumer is less than 16 years of age, unless the consumer, if the consumer is at least 13 years of age and less than 16 years of age, or the consumer's parent or guardian, if the consumer is less than 13 years of age, has affirmatively authorized the sale or sharing of the consumer's personal information. This bill, the Leading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act, would, among other things related to the use of certain artificial intelligence systems by children, prohibit a person, partnership, corporation, business entity, or state or local government agency that makes a companion chatbot available to users from making a companion chatbot available to a child unless the companion chatbot is not foreseeably capable of doing certain things that could harm a child, including encouraging the child to engage in self-harm, suicidal ideation, violence, consumption of drugs or alcohol, or disordered eating. The act would authorize the Attorney General to recover a certain civil penalty for a violation of the bill, as prescribed. The act would authorize a child who suffers actual harm as a result of a violation of the bill, or a parent or guardian acting on behalf of that child, to bring a civil action to recover, among other relief, actual damages. This bill would provide that its provisions are severable.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-10
- Latest action
- 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Bauer-Kahanauthor
- Pellerincoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
veto-override-failure
2025-10-13
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13
Vetoed by Governor.
executive-veto
2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-11
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 8. Page 3334.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-10
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2800.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-16
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 15).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 1935.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-05
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-01
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-30
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-23
Coauthors revised.
2025-04-21
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2025-04-10
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
2025-03-28
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-10
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
- 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
- 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
- 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
- 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
- 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
- 09/15/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-15Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-04-22 · pass · 10-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Macedo: no
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Wilson: other
- Patterson: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (12)
- Papan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Macedo: no
- Dixon: no
- Sanchez: no
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3
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
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: other
AB 1064 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 59-12
Member-level votes (79)
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ward: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Soria: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gallagher: no
- Chen: no
- Lackey: no
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ellis: no
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- Castillo: no
- Dixon: no
- DeMaio: no
- Sanchez: no
- Carrillo: other
- Hoover: other
- Wallis: other
- Davies: other
- Flora: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Bains: other
- Patterson: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: no
- Valladares: 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 AB1064 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Ashby
2025-09-10 · pass · 31-6
Member-level votes (40)
- Umberg: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Choi: no
- Strickland: no
- Niello: no
- Jones: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Seyarto: no
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
- Cabaldon: other
AB 1064 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-12 · pass · 60-8
Member-level votes (80)
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: 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
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Tangipa: no
- Macedo: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Ta: no
- Chen: no
- Ellis: no
- DeMaio: no
- Ahrens: other
- Hoover: other
- Hadwick: other
- Lackey: other
- Patterson: other
- Schiavo: other
- Wallis: other
- Gallagher: other
- Carrillo: other
- Davies: other
- Flora: other
- Bains: other
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