Bill Commons

CA AB 1705

enacted

Pornographic internet websites.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1705 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1705 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 890, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1705 about?

Existing law generally regulates obscene content on internet websites, including requiring a social media platform to provide a means for a user who is a California resident to report material to the social media platform that the user reasonably believes is child sexual abuse material and prohibiting an operator of an internet website directed to minors from advertising obscene matter to minors. Under existing law, a person who distributes an image of an intimate body part or act of sexual intercourse of an identifiable person, under specified circumstances that include an agreement or understanding that the image would remain private, is guilty of a crime. This bill would require an operator of a pornographic internet website, among other things, to exercise ordinary care and reasonable diligence to ensure that each instance of sexually explicit content displayed on the operator's pornographic internet website does not include a depicted individual. The bill would define terms, including "depicted individual" for its purposes. This bill would also require an operator to exercise ordinary care and take reasonable steps to ensure that each instance of sexually explicit content uploaded to the operator's pornographic internet website does not include a depicted individual. The bill would require a user of a pornographic internet website, before uploading sexually explicit content, to submit specific information to the operator, including a statement certifying, under penalty of perjury, that each individual depicted in the sexually explicit content meets certain criteria. Under the bill, knowingly providing false information in the user statement would be punishable as an infraction with a specified fine. By expanding the crime of perjury and creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would authorize a depicted individual and a public prosecutor to bring a civil action to enforce these provisions, as prescribed. This bill would exclude sexually explicit content transmitted on an online dating service through a private messaging or direct-communication feature from its provisions, as specified. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 1705?

Bauer-Kahan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1705, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law generally regulates obscene content on internet websites, including requiring a social media platform to provide a means for a user who is a California resident to report material to the social media platform that the user reasonably believes is child sexual abuse material and prohibiting an operator of an internet website directed to minors from advertising obscene matter to minors. Under existing law, a person who distributes an image of an intimate body part or act of sexual intercourse of an identifiable person, under specified circumstances that include an agreement or understanding that the image would remain private, is guilty of a crime. This bill would require an operator of a pornographic internet website, among other things, to exercise ordinary care and reasonable diligence to ensure that each instance of sexually explicit content displayed on the operator's pornographic internet website does not include a depicted individual. The bill would define terms, including "depicted individual" for its purposes. This bill would also require an operator to exercise ordinary care and take reasonable steps to ensure that each instance of sexually explicit content uploaded to the operator's pornographic internet website does not include a depicted individual. The bill would require a user of a pornographic internet website, before uploading sexually explicit content, to submit specific information to the operator, including a statement certifying, under penalty of perjury, that each individual depicted in the sexually explicit content meets certain criteria. Under the bill, knowingly providing false information in the user statement would be punishable as an infraction with a specified fine. By expanding the crime of perjury and creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would authorize a depicted individual and a public prosecutor to bring a civil action to enforce these provisions, as prescribed. This bill would exclude sexually explicit content transmitted on an online dating service through a private messaging or direct-communication feature from its provisions, as specified. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2026-06-30
Latest action
2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 890, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bauer-Kahanauthor
  • Dixonauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 890, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-30

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-08-28

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

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  5. 2026-08-24

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6414.).

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  6. 2026-08-20

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  8. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5589.).

  9. 2026-08-18

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  10. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  11. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  13. 2026-07-01

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2026-06-30

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29).

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  15. 2026-06-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.

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  16. 2026-06-03

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

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  17. 2026-05-21

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

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  18. 2026-05-21

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5223.)

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  19. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  21. 2026-04-22

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

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  22. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  23. 2026-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  24. 2026-02-23

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

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  25. 2026-02-05

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.

  26. 2026-02-04

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/04/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-04Compare
  • 07/01/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-07-01Compare
  • 08/26/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-26Compare
  • 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
  • AB1705Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-25 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Patterson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Irwin: yes

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

    2026-04-14 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Zbur: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • AB 1705 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-21 · pass · 72-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Garcia: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Chen: other

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

    2026-06-16 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ashby: other
    • Weber Pierson: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-29 · pass · 9-0

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

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