CA SB 1111
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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did CA SB 1111 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1111 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 862, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1111 about?
Existing law creates a civil cause of action against any person who knowingly uses the name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness of another person, without their consent, for specified purposes. When a photograph or likeness of an employee of the person using the photograph or likeness appearing in an advertisement or other publication is incidental and not essential to the purpose of the publication, existing law establishes a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence that failure to obtain the consent of an employee was not a knowing use of an employee's photograph or likeness. This bill would clarify that, for purposes of this cause of action, a voice or likeness includes a digital replica, defined to mean a computer-generated, highly realistic electronic representation that is readily identifiable as the voice or visual likeness of an individual in which the actual individual either did not actually perform or appear, or the actual individual did perform or appear, but the fundamental character of the performance or appearance has been materially altered. The bill would also remove the provisions establishing the rebuttable presumption when an employee's likeness or photograph appears in an advertisement or other publication. Existing law prohibits the false impersonation of another person in either their personal or official capacity with the intent to steal or defraud, as specified. This bill would clarify that false impersonation includes the use of a digital replica with the intent to impersonate another for purposes of these and other criminal provisions.
Who sponsors CA SB 1111?
Ashby is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1111.
Description
Existing law creates a civil cause of action against any person who knowingly uses the name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness of another person, without their consent, for specified purposes. When a photograph or likeness of an employee of the person using the photograph or likeness appearing in an advertisement or other publication is incidental and not essential to the purpose of the publication, existing law establishes a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence that failure to obtain the consent of an employee was not a knowing use of an employee's photograph or likeness. This bill would clarify that, for purposes of this cause of action, a voice or likeness includes a digital replica, defined to mean a computer-generated, highly realistic electronic representation that is readily identifiable as the voice or visual likeness of an individual in which the actual individual either did not actually perform or appear, or the actual individual did perform or appear, but the fundamental character of the performance or appearance has been materially altered. The bill would also remove the provisions establishing the rebuttable presumption when an employee's likeness or photograph appears in an advertisement or other publication. Existing law prohibits the false impersonation of another person in either their personal or official capacity with the intent to steal or defraud, as specified. This bill would clarify that false impersonation includes the use of a digital replica with the intent to impersonate another for purposes of these and other criminal provisions.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-17
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 862, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Ashbyauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 862, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-08
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-28
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-28
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-08-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6775.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).
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2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-05
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2026-05-18
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-04-30
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-04-30
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4112.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-04-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3983.) (April 21).
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2026-04-14
Set for hearing April 21 in PUB. S. pending receipt.
2026-04-14
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3843.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2026-04-09
Set for hearing April 13.
2026-04-08
Re-referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P. and PUB. S.
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2026-03-24
Withdrawn from committee.
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2026-03-24
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2026-03-23
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
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2026-02-26
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
referral-committee
2026-02-18
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2026-02-17
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2026-04-13 · pass · 8-1
Member-level votes (9)
- Umberg: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Jones: no
Do pass
2026-04-21 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
3rd Reading
2026-04-30 · pass · 36-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Choi: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grove: yes
- Jones: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Niello: yes
- Stern: yes
- Becker: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Laird: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Caballero: other
- Arreguín: other
- Valladares: other
- Wahab: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2026-06-16 · pass · 14-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Irwin: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ward: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- DeMaio: no
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Mark González: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Nguyen: yes
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