CA AB 1709
enactedCovered platforms: age restriction: e-Safety Advisory Commission.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1709 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1709 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 183, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1709 about?
Existing law, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, prohibits an operator of an addictive internet-based service or application from providing an addictive feed, as defined, to a user unless the operator does not have actual knowledge that the user is a minor, as specified, or the operator has obtained verifiable parental consent to provide an addictive feed to the user who is a minor. Existing law, the Digital Age Assurance Act, beginning January 1, 2027, requires a person who owns, maintains, or controls a software application, as defined, to request age bracket data sent by a real-time secure application programming interface or operating system with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the application is downloaded and launched. This bill would prohibit a covered platform, as defined, from providing an addictive feature, as defined, to a user who is under 16 years of age and would require a covered platform to implement reasonable measures to ensure that users under 16 years of age are not offered or provided any addictive feature on the covered platform. The bill would also authorize the Attorney General to adopt regulations to implement and enforce the bill in order to further the purpose of protecting minors online, including by altering the scope of "covered platform" if the Attorney General determines that doing so is necessary to ensure that "covered platform" applies to internet websites, online services, online applications, or mobile applications that make addictive features, as defined, available to users under 16 years of age. This bill would impose a civil penalty upon a noncompliant platform and would require its provisions to be enforced by a civil action brought only by the Attorney General or a local public prosecutor, as specified. This bill would also establish the e-Safety Advisory Commission within the Department of Justice as an independent advisory body that is only for administrative purposes to advise state government on certain matters related to online safety and would require the commission to, on or before January 1 of each year, report to the Legislature and the Governor on, among other things, its activities under the bill.
Who sponsors CA AB 1709?
Lowenthal is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1709, joined by 47 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, prohibits an operator of an addictive internet-based service or application from providing an addictive feed, as defined, to a user unless the operator does not have actual knowledge that the user is a minor, as specified, or the operator has obtained verifiable parental consent to provide an addictive feed to the user who is a minor. Existing law, the Digital Age Assurance Act, beginning January 1, 2027, requires a person who owns, maintains, or controls a software application, as defined, to request age bracket data sent by a real-time secure application programming interface or operating system with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the application is downloaded and launched. This bill would prohibit a covered platform, as defined, from providing an addictive feature, as defined, to a user who is under 16 years of age and would require a covered platform to implement reasonable measures to ensure that users under 16 years of age are not offered or provided any addictive feature on the covered platform. The bill would also authorize the Attorney General to adopt regulations to implement and enforce the bill in order to further the purpose of protecting minors online, including by altering the scope of "covered platform" if the Attorney General determines that doing so is necessary to ensure that "covered platform" applies to internet websites, online services, online applications, or mobile applications that make addictive features, as defined, available to users under 16 years of age. This bill would impose a civil penalty upon a noncompliant platform and would require its provisions to be enforced by a civil action brought only by the Attorney General or a local public prosecutor, as specified. This bill would also establish the e-Safety Advisory Commission within the Department of Justice as an independent advisory body that is only for administrative purposes to advise state government on certain matters related to online safety and would require the commission to, on or before January 1 of each year, report to the Legislature and the Governor on, among other things, its activities under the bill.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-19
- Latest action
- 2026-09-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 183, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Lowenthalauthor
- Bauer-Kahanauthor
- Bontaauthor
- Hooverauthor
- Muratsuchiauthor
- Pattersonauthor
- Wicksauthor
- Sternprincipal coauthor
- Arambulacoauthor
- Bennettcoauthor
- Bermancoauthor
- Boernercoauthor
- Bryancoauthor
- Calderoncoauthor
- Castillocoauthor
- Connollycoauthor
- Dixoncoauthor
- Gabrielcoauthor
- Jeff Gonzalezcoauthor
- Hadwickcoauthor
- Haneycoauthor
- Harabediancoauthor
- Hartcoauthor
- Jacksoncoauthor
- Johnsoncoauthor
- Kalracoauthor
- McKinnorcoauthor
- Nguyencoauthor
- Ortegacoauthor
- Pachecocoauthor
- Papancoauthor
- Patelcoauthor
- Pellerincoauthor
- Quirk-Silvacoauthor
- Rivascoauthor
- Rogerscoauthor
- Blanca Rubiocoauthor
- Schiavocoauthor
- Sharp-Collinscoauthor
- Soriacoauthor
- Stefanicoauthor
- Valenciacoauthor
- Walliscoauthor
- Allencoauthor
- Jonescoauthor
- Weber Piersoncoauthor
- Alvarezauthor
- Beckercoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 183, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-10
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-31
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-31
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7003.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-28
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 13).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-07-09
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-07-09
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-06-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-10
Referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-06-01
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-28
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5532.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-13
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-27
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-04-23
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-22
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-04-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-15
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2026-04-14
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
2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
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
2026-02-05
From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2026-02-04
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
Versions
- 02/04/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-04Compare
- 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
- 04/14/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-14Compare
- 04/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-23Compare
- 07/09/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-07-09Compare
- 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
- 08/28/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-28Compare
- 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
- 09/10/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-10Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-04-16 · pass · 13-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Irwin: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Macedo: no
- Wilson: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Papan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Macedo: other
- Sanchez: other
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 13-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: other
AB 1709 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-28 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Soria: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Flora: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Haney: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Davies: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ward: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Patel: yes
- Fong: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Chen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Bains: other
- Wilson: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-22 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Gonzalez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Jones: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cabaldon: other
- Umberg: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Wahab: yes
- Niello: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Durazo: yes
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