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CA AB 1159

enacted

Student personal information.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1159 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1159 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 182, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1159 about?

Existing law, the K–12 Pupil Online Personal Information Protection Act (KOPIPA) , generally protects the personal information of a student enrolled in a K–12 course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for K–12 school purposes and was designed and marketed for K–12 school purposes. Existing law, the Early Learning Personal Information Protection Act (ELPIPA) , generally protects the personal information of a child enrolled in a preschool or prekindergarten course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for preschool or prekindergarten purposes and was designed and marketed for preschool and prekindergarten purposes. This bill would instead apply the provisions of KOPIPA and ELPIPA to an operator, or an entity working on behalf of the operator, of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used for the applicable school purposes and was designed or marketed for those purposes, as specified. The bill would, among other changes to KOPIPA and ELPIPA related to protecting the personal information of students, prohibit an operator from using covered information, as defined, including persistent unique identifiers, created or gathered by the operator's site, service, or application to train a generative artificial intelligence system or service or develop an artificial intelligence system. This bill would also enact the Higher Education Student Information Protection Act (HESIPA) , which would generally protect the personal information of a student enrolled in a higher education institution, as defined, in a similar manner as KOPIPA and ELPIPA. The bill would make HESIPA operative on July 1, 2027. This bill would authorize a pupil or student actually harmed by noncompliance with KOPIPA, ELPIPA, or HESIPA to bring a civil action against the noncompliant operator, as prescribed, and would require a person bringing that action to furnish a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General within 10 days after filing the action.

Who sponsors CA AB 1159?

Addis is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1159.

Description

Existing law, the K–12 Pupil Online Personal Information Protection Act (KOPIPA) , generally protects the personal information of a student enrolled in a K–12 course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for K–12 school purposes and was designed and marketed for K–12 school purposes. Existing law, the Early Learning Personal Information Protection Act (ELPIPA) , generally protects the personal information of a child enrolled in a preschool or prekindergarten course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for preschool or prekindergarten purposes and was designed and marketed for preschool and prekindergarten purposes. This bill would instead apply the provisions of KOPIPA and ELPIPA to an operator, or an entity working on behalf of the operator, of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used for the applicable school purposes and was designed or marketed for those purposes, as specified. The bill would, among other changes to KOPIPA and ELPIPA related to protecting the personal information of students, prohibit an operator from using covered information, as defined, including persistent unique identifiers, created or gathered by the operator's site, service, or application to train a generative artificial intelligence system or service or develop an artificial intelligence system. This bill would also enact the Higher Education Student Information Protection Act (HESIPA) , which would generally protect the personal information of a student enrolled in a higher education institution, as defined, in a similar manner as KOPIPA and ELPIPA. The bill would make HESIPA operative on July 1, 2027. This bill would authorize a pupil or student actually harmed by noncompliance with KOPIPA, ELPIPA, or HESIPA to bring a civil action against the noncompliant operator, as prescribed, and would require a person bringing that action to furnish a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General within 10 days after filing the action.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2026-09-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 182, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Addisauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 182, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-10

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 4.).

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  6. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 6976.).

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  7. 2026-08-30

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-30

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0.).

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  9. 2026-08-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-21

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  13. 2026-08-10

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  14. 2026-08-03

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2026-07-22

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  16. 2026-06-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2026-06-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.

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  18. 2026-05-20

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and P., D.T., & C.P.

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  19. 2026-01-27

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  20. 2026-01-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 3835.)

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  21. 2026-01-22

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (January 22).

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  22. 2026-01-22

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)

  23. 2026-01-22

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  24. 2026-01-22

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  25. 2026-01-20

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  26. 2026-01-16

    Read second time and amended.

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  27. 2026-01-15

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (January 15).

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  28. 2026-01-13

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  29. 2026-01-08

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3717.)

  30. 2026-01-08

    (Pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)

    referral-committee

  31. 2026-01-06

    Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  32. 2026-01-05

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.

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  33. 2026-01-05

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  34. 2025-04-08

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  35. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  36. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.

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  37. 2025-03-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.

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  38. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  39. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 01/05/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-01-05Compare
  • 01/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-01-16Compare
  • 08/03/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-03Compare
  • 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
  • 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
  • 09/10/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-10Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB1159Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2026-01-13 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Dixon: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-01-15 · pass · 10-2

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Macedo: no

  • Do pass.

    2026-01-22 · pass · 14-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Hoover: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Dixon: no

  • AB 1159 Addis Assembly Third Reading

    2026-01-26 · pass · 65-5

    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
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: 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
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Papan: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Flora: other
    • Ta: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]

    2026-06-10 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Reyes: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: other
    • Choi: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-22 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Jones: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other

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