CA AB 2246
enactedOnline service, product, or feature: access by children.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2246 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2246 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2246 about?
Existing law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, requires a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to comply with certain requirements, including, among other things, prohibiting the business from collecting, selling, sharing, or retaining any personal information that is not necessary to provide the online service, product, or feature, except as specified. Existing law imposes specified civil penalties upon a business that violates these provisions. This bill would repeal the above-described act and would instead impose similar provisions without the above-referenced exceptions and would impose civil penalties for a violation of these provisions. The bill would require a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to take reasonable steps to prevent specified risks of harm to children. The bill would authorize a child to void any provision of a contract that was entered into by the child or their parent or guardian as a result of a design feature of the online service, product, or feature. The bill would authorize the Attorney General or a public prosecutor to bring a civil action for a violation of these provisions, as specified.
Who sponsors CA AB 2246?
Wicks is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2246, joined by 5 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, requires a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to comply with certain requirements, including, among other things, prohibiting the business from collecting, selling, sharing, or retaining any personal information that is not necessary to provide the online service, product, or feature, except as specified. Existing law imposes specified civil penalties upon a business that violates these provisions. This bill would repeal the above-described act and would instead impose similar provisions without the above-referenced exceptions and would impose civil penalties for a violation of these provisions. The bill would require a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to take reasonable steps to prevent specified risks of harm to children. The bill would authorize a child to void any provision of a contract that was entered into by the child or their parent or guardian as a result of a design feature of the online service, product, or feature. The bill would authorize the Attorney General or a public prosecutor to bring a civil action for a violation of these provisions, as specified.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-19
- Latest action
- 2026-09-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Wicksauthor
- Aguiar-Currycoauthor
- Bauer-Kahancoauthor
- Kalracoauthor
- Petrie-Norriscoauthor
- Stefanicoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, 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
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 6887.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-28
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-21
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 5310.)
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 0.) (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
2026-04-27
Measure version as amended on April 23 corrected.
amendment-passage
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 11. 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 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-16
Coauthors revised.
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
2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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
2026-03-19
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
Versions
- 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
- 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
- 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
- 04/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-23Compare
- 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
- 09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
- 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 · 13-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Irwin: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Macedo: other
- DeMaio: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Papan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Macedo: other
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 13-0
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: other
- Ta: other
AB 2246 Wicks Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-26 · pass · 71-1
Member-level votes (80)
- Hadwick: yes
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Haney: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Soria: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Lackey: other
- Macedo: other
- Tangipa: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Johnson: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Ta: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-15 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Jones: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred 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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