Bill Commons

CA AB 56

enacted

Social media: warning labels.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 56 pass?

Yes. CA AB 56 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 56 about?

Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including, among other laws, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act that prohibits an operator of an addictive internet-based service or application, including a social media platform, from providing an addictive feed, as defined, to a minor user, except as prescribed. This bill would enact the Social Media Warning Law that would require a covered platform, as defined, to display a certain black box warning to certain users each day the user initially accesses the social media platform, again after 3 hours of cumulative active use, and thereafter at least once per hour of cumulative active use, as prescribed. This bill would specify that its provisions shall not be interpreted to serve as the basis for a private right of action, as specified. The bill would make its provisions operative on January 1, 2027, and would declare these provisions severable.

Who sponsors CA AB 56?

Bauer-Kahan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 56, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including, among other laws, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act that prohibits an operator of an addictive internet-based service or application, including a social media platform, from providing an addictive feed, as defined, to a minor user, except as prescribed. This bill would enact the Social Media Warning Law that would require a covered platform, as defined, to display a certain black box warning to certain users each day the user initially accesses the social media platform, again after 3 hours of cumulative active use, and thereafter at least once per hour of cumulative active use, as prescribed. This bill would specify that its provisions shall not be interpreted to serve as the basis for a private right of action, as specified. The bill would make its provisions operative on January 1, 2027, and would declare these provisions severable.

Introduced
2025-02-25
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bauer-Kahanauthor
  • Wicksauthor
  • Kalracoauthor
  • Lowenthalcoauthor
  • Ortegacoauthor
  • Papancoauthor
  • Rubiocoauthor
  • Weber Piersoncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-24

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-12

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 7. Page 3368.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-12

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 2925.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  9. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  10. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  11. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  12. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2025-07-10

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  15. 2025-07-03

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  16. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  17. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH.

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  18. 2025-05-29

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

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  19. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 0. Page 1777.)

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  20. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).

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  22. 2025-05-23

    Coauthors revised.

  23. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-05-05

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  25. 2025-05-01

    Read second time and amended.

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  26. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 29).

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  27. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  28. 2025-04-23

    Coauthors revised.

  29. 2025-04-22

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

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-04-21

    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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  31. 2025-04-01

    In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  32. 2025-03-12

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  33. 2025-02-26

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

    referral-committee

  34. 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.

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  35. 2025-02-24

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

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  36. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

  37. 2024-12-02

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
  • 02/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-02-25Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • 07/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-10Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB56Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-04-22 · pass · 11-1

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

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-29 · pass · 10-1

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Kalra: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other

  • AB 56 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-29 · pass · 50-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Nguyen: other
    • DeMaio: other
    • Rogers: other
    • Soria: other
    • Alvarez: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Chen: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Ward: other
    • Wilson: other
    • Flora: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Solache: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Bains: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Krell: other
    • Davies: other
    • Ta: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Calderon: yes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Health]

    2025-07-01 · pass · 12-0

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

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

    2025-07-16 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grove: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

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

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB56 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Weber Pierson

    2025-09-11 · pass · 30-5

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Umberg: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Grove: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Valladares: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Jones: other
    • Niello: other
    • Dahle: other

  • AB 56 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-12 · pass · 59-7

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Chen: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Davies: other
    • Flora: other
    • Bains: other
    • Ta: other

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