CA AB 1921
Status unknownDigital games: ordinary use.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 1921 pass?
The current status of CA AB 1921 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-06-29): In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
What is CA AB 1921 about?
Existing law requires every videogame retailer to post a sign, within the retail establishment in a prominent area, providing information to consumers about a videogame rating system or notifying consumers that a rating system is available to aid in the selection of a game and to make available to consumers, upon request, information that explains the videogame rating system. Existing law, subject to certain exceptions, prohibits a seller of a digital good, including a digital application or game, from advertising or offering for sale a digital good to a purchaser with the terms "buy," "purchase," or any other term that a reasonable person would understand to confer an unrestricted ownership interest in the digital good, or alongside an option for a time-limited rental, unless the seller receives at the time of each transaction an affirmative acknowledgment from the purchaser, or the seller provides to the consumer before executing each transaction a clear and conspicuous statement, as specified. Existing law defines "digital application or game" to mean any application or game that a person accesses and manipulates using a specialized electronic gaming device, computer, mobile device, tablet, or other device with a display screen, including any add-ons or additional content for that application or game. This bill, with regard to digital games first available for purchase or rereleased for purchase on or after January 1, 2028, and subject to certain exceptions, would require a digital game operator to communicate specified information to purchasers and prospective purchasers of a digital game 60 days before the operator ceases to provide services necessary for the ordinary use of the game. The bill would, beginning on the date an operator ceases to provide services necessary for the ordinary use of the game, require the operator to provide the purchaser with, among other things, an alternate version of, a patch or update to, or a refund for, the game, as provided, and prohibit the operator from selling, leasing, or otherwise distributing a version of the game that cannot be used by a purchaser independent of services controlled by the operator. The bill would authorize the Attorney General or a district attorney to bring a civil action for a violation of these provisions.
Who sponsors CA AB 1921?
Ward is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1921.
Description
Existing law requires every videogame retailer to post a sign, within the retail establishment in a prominent area, providing information to consumers about a videogame rating system or notifying consumers that a rating system is available to aid in the selection of a game and to make available to consumers, upon request, information that explains the videogame rating system. Existing law, subject to certain exceptions, prohibits a seller of a digital good, including a digital application or game, from advertising or offering for sale a digital good to a purchaser with the terms "buy," "purchase," or any other term that a reasonable person would understand to confer an unrestricted ownership interest in the digital good, or alongside an option for a time-limited rental, unless the seller receives at the time of each transaction an affirmative acknowledgment from the purchaser, or the seller provides to the consumer before executing each transaction a clear and conspicuous statement, as specified. Existing law defines "digital application or game" to mean any application or game that a person accesses and manipulates using a specialized electronic gaming device, computer, mobile device, tablet, or other device with a display screen, including any add-ons or additional content for that application or game. This bill, with regard to digital games first available for purchase or rereleased for purchase on or after January 1, 2028, and subject to certain exceptions, would require a digital game operator to communicate specified information to purchasers and prospective purchasers of a digital game 60 days before the operator ceases to provide services necessary for the ordinary use of the game. The bill would, beginning on the date an operator ceases to provide services necessary for the ordinary use of the game, require the operator to provide the purchaser with, among other things, an alternate version of, a patch or update to, or a refund for, the game, as provided, and prohibit the operator from selling, leasing, or otherwise distributing a version of the game that cannot be used by a purchaser independent of services controlled by the operator. The bill would authorize the Attorney General or a district attorney to bring a civil action for a violation of these provisions.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-19
- Latest action
- 2026-06-29 — In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Wardauthor
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-29
In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-06-23
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. P. & E.D. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-10
Referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P. and B. P. & E.D.
referral-committee
2026-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 16.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 16. Page 5470.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-05-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 14).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
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
2026-03-31
In committee: Hearing postponed by 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
2026-02-13
From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2026-02-12
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-04-16 · pass · 10-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Macedo: no
- DeMaio: no
- Irwin: no
- Hoover: no
- Patterson: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 8-2
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Dixon: no
- Sanchez: no
- Papan: other
- Pacheco: other
Do pass as amended.
2026-05-14 · pass · 11-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Tangipa: other
- Ta: other
AB 1921 Ward Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-28 · pass · 43-16
Member-level votes (80)
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Addis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ward: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lee: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Haney: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Johnson: no
- Hoover: no
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Davies: no
- Flora: no
- Chen: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Castillo: no
- Hadwick: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ávila Farías: no
- Gallagher: no
- Patterson: no
- Ellis: no
- Lackey: no
- Macedo: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Papan: other
- Calderon: other
- Ramos: other
- Ta: other
- Bains: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Soria: other
- McKinnor: other
- Tangipa: other
- Berman: other
- Valencia: other
- Caloza: other
- Ahrens: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Krell: other
- Patel: other
- Solache: other
- Pacheco: other
- Irwin: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]
2026-06-22 · pass · 6-2
Member-level votes (9)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Jones: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- McNerney: other
[First] hearing set for [06-29-2026]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
2026-06-29 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Strickland: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Niello: yes
- Choi: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-29 · fail · 4-3
Member-level votes (11)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Strickland: no
- Niello: no
- Choi: no
- Menjivar: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
- Archuleta: other
- Grayson: other
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