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CA AB 316

enacted

Artificial intelligence: defenses.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 316 pass?

Yes. CA AB 316 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 672, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 316 about?

Existing law provides that everyone is responsible not only for the result of their willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person. Existing law requires the developer of a generative artificial intelligence system or service that is released on or after January 1, 2022, and made publicly available to Californians for use, to post on the developer's internet website documentation regarding the data used by the developer to train the generative artificial intelligence system or service. Existing law defines "artificial intelligence" for these purposes. This bill would prohibit a defendant who developed, modified, or used artificial intelligence, as defined, from asserting a defense that the artificial intelligence autonomously caused the harm to the plaintiff.

Who sponsors CA AB 316?

Krell is the primary sponsor of CA AB 316.

Description

Existing law provides that everyone is responsible not only for the result of their willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person. Existing law requires the developer of a generative artificial intelligence system or service that is released on or after January 1, 2022, and made publicly available to Californians for use, to post on the developer's internet website documentation regarding the data used by the developer to train the generative artificial intelligence system or service. Existing law defines "artificial intelligence" for these purposes. This bill would prohibit a defendant who developed, modified, or used artificial intelligence, as defined, from asserting a defense that the artificial intelligence autonomously caused the harm to the plaintiff.

Introduced
2025-01-24
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 672, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Krellauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-24

    Introduced. To print.

    introduction

  2. 2025-01-25

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.

  3. 2025-01-27

    Read first time.

    reading-1

  4. 2025-02-10

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

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  6. 2025-04-28

    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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  7. 2025-04-29

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

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-05-07

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 6).

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  9. 2025-05-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-19

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 1595.)

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  11. 2025-05-20

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

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  12. 2025-05-28

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

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  13. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2025-07-07

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  15. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  16. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-09-02

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  18. 2025-09-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2621.).

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  20. 2025-09-08

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  21. 2025-09-09

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3102.).

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  22. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  23. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  24. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 672, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/24/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-24Compare
  • 04/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-28Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/11/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-11Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB316Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]

    2025-03-25 · pass · 12-0

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

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-06 · pass · 11-2

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

  • AB 316 Krell Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-19 · pass · 70-1

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Solache: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • McKinnor: no
    • Papan: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Bains: other
    • Flora: other
    • Pellerin: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other

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

    2025-06-24 · pass · 12-0

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

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-07-07 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: other

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB316 Krell By Umberg

    2025-09-08 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Stern: other
    • Choi: other

  • AB 316 Krell Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-09 · pass · 78-0

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

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB316

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