CA AB 412

withdrawn

Generative artificial intelligence: training data: copyrighted materials.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 412 pass?

No. CA AB 412 was withdrawn on 2026-08-13 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 412 about?

Existing federal law, through copyright, provides authors of original works of authorship, as defined, with certain rights and protections. Existing federal law generally gives the owner of the copyright the right to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords and the right to distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public. Existing federal law provides that sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, are not subject to copyright but are subject to similar rights and protections under the Classics Protection and Access Act. Existing law requires, before each time that a generative artificial intelligence system or service, as defined, or a substantial modification to a generative artificial intelligence system or service, released on or after January 1, 2022, is made available to Californians for use, regardless of whether the terms of that use include compensation, a developer of the system or service to post on the developer's internet website documentation, as specified, regarding the data used to train the generative artificial intelligence system or service. This bill would require a developer of a generative artificial intelligence model to make available on its internet website a mechanism allowing a rights owner to request information about the developer's use of the rights owner's covered materials that would allow the rights owner to provide the developer with, among other things, registration, preregistration, or index numbers for one or more covered materials. The bill would require a developer to document and retain any requests received from rights owners for a specified time period. The bill would, subject to specified exceptions, require a developer to, within 30 days of receiving that request from the rights owner, assess whether the developer used the rights owner's covered materials to develop the model and provide the rights owner with a list of covered materials, as specified. The bill would provide that each day following the 30-day period that a developer fails to provide a rights owner with that information constitutes a discrete violation. The bill would authorize a rights owner who complies with specified requirements for submitting a request that is not provided with information according to these provisions to bring, subject to a certain notice and cure opportunity, a civil action against the developer for specified relief. The bill would provide that its requirements do not apply to a model that meets certain criteria, including, among other things, being trained exclusively using data the developer makes publicly available at no cost to users. The bill would provide that it does not impose liability on a telecommunications service, information service, or cable service provider, as specified. The bill would define various terms for these purposes.

Who sponsors CA AB 412?

Bauer-Kahan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 412, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Introduced: 2025-02-25
Latest action: 2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-04
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-05
From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2025-02-18
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-02-25
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
2025-02-26
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2025-03-10
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
2025-03-11
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2025-03-19
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (March 18).
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2025-03-20
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-03-24
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-03-28
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-21
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-22
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-04-28
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-29
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-05-06
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (May 6).
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2025-05-07
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-05-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-12
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 16. Page 1517.)
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2025-05-13
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-21
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.
referral-committee
2025-07-09
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-04-27
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2026-04-27
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-05-06
Re-referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P., JUD., and APPR.
referral-committee
2026-05-28
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-10
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 8).
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2026-06-11
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23).
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2026-06-30
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-08-13
In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

02/04/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-04Compare
02/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-02-25Compare
03/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-10Compare
03/20/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-20Compare
04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
04/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-28Compare
05/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-07Compare
05/28/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-28Compare
06/11/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-11Compare
06/30/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-30Compare
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Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-03-18 · pass · 10-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Ward: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Ellis: other
- Irwin: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-06 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (12)
- Harabedian: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Macedo: no
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
AB 412 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-12 · pass · 45-16
Member-level votes (79)
- Carrillo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Fong: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Haney: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Alanis: no
- Ellis: no
- Gallagher: no
- Hoover: no
- Tangipa: no
- Davies: no
- Wallis: no
- Sanchez: no
- Macedo: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Patterson: no
- Castillo: no
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Ta: no
- Hadwick: no
- Irwin: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Krell: other
- Wilson: other
- Ahrens: other
- Flora: other
- Pacheco: other
- Chen: other
- Patel: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Stefani: other
- Ávila Farías: other
- Soria: other
- Valencia: other
- Bains: other
- Solache: other
- Nguyen: other
- Lackey: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-08 · pass · 6-2
Member-level votes (9)
- Padilla: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Jones: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Umberg: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Ashby: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Allen: yes
- Niello: yes
- Valladares: other

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