CA SB 1119
enactedCompanion chatbots: children's safety.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 1119 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1119 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 190, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1119 about?
Existing law generally regulates artificial intelligence, including companion chatbots, as defined. Existing law requires an operator, as defined, to prevent a companion chatbot on its companion chatbot platform from engaging with users unless the operator maintains a protocol for preventing the production of suicidal ideation, suicide, or self-harm content to the user. Existing law requires an operator, for a user the operator knows is a minor, to take certain prescribed action, including disclosing to the user that the user is interacting with artificial intelligence. This bill would delete those provisions imposing requirements on an operator if the operator knows the user is a minor. The Digital Age Assurance Act requires a person who owns, maintains, or controls a software application, as defined, to request age bracket data sent by a real-time secure application programming interface or operating system with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the application is downloaded and launched. This bill would require an operator, as defined, of a companion chatbot to, beginning July 1, 2027, before making a new or substantially modified companion chatbot available to users in the state, do various things with respect to child safety, including perform and document a comprehensive risk assessment related to the design, configuration, and operation of the companion chatbot with respect to minor users that contains, among other things, a summary of the results of any evaluation of each covered harm, as defined, pertaining to the companion chatbot. The bill would require an operator to submit to independent child safety audits of its compliance with the bill, as specified. The bill would require an auditor to produce a report that describes whether the operator has established and adhered to policies and practices to comply with the bill that includes, among other things, the signature of the lead auditor certifying the results of the audit under penalty of perjury. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to, for cause, request and obtain a copy of an AI child safety audit report from the operator and would make a child safety audit report submitted to the Attorney General confidential. This bill would authorize certain public prosecutors to bring a civil action to enforce the bill's provisions, as specified, and would authorize a child who suffers an actual harm as a result of a violation of this chapter, or a parent or guardian acting on behalf of that child, to bring a civil action against the operator, as specified. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA SB 1119?
Padilla is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1119, joined by 10 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law generally regulates artificial intelligence, including companion chatbots, as defined. Existing law requires an operator, as defined, to prevent a companion chatbot on its companion chatbot platform from engaging with users unless the operator maintains a protocol for preventing the production of suicidal ideation, suicide, or self-harm content to the user. Existing law requires an operator, for a user the operator knows is a minor, to take certain prescribed action, including disclosing to the user that the user is interacting with artificial intelligence. This bill would delete those provisions imposing requirements on an operator if the operator knows the user is a minor. The Digital Age Assurance Act requires a person who owns, maintains, or controls a software application, as defined, to request age bracket data sent by a real-time secure application programming interface or operating system with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the application is downloaded and launched. This bill would require an operator, as defined, of a companion chatbot to, beginning July 1, 2027, before making a new or substantially modified companion chatbot available to users in the state, do various things with respect to child safety, including perform and document a comprehensive risk assessment related to the design, configuration, and operation of the companion chatbot with respect to minor users that contains, among other things, a summary of the results of any evaluation of each covered harm, as defined, pertaining to the companion chatbot. The bill would require an operator to submit to independent child safety audits of its compliance with the bill, as specified. The bill would require an auditor to produce a report that describes whether the operator has established and adhered to policies and practices to comply with the bill that includes, among other things, the signature of the lead auditor certifying the results of the audit under penalty of perjury. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to, for cause, request and obtain a copy of an AI child safety audit report from the operator and would make a child safety audit report submitted to the Attorney General confidential. This bill would authorize certain public prosecutors to bring a civil action to enforce the bill's provisions, as specified, and would authorize a child who suffers an actual harm as a result of a violation of this chapter, or a parent or guardian acting on behalf of that child, to bring a civil action against the operator, as specified. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-17
- Latest action
- 2026-09-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 190, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Padillaauthor
- Bauer-Kahanprincipal coauthor
- Wicksprincipal coauthor
- Arreguíncoauthor
- Cortesecoauthor
- Wahabcoauthor
- Kalracoauthor
- Sanchezcoauthor
- Lowenthalcoauthor
- Wicksauthor
- Bauer-Kahanauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 190, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-10
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-31
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-31
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-31
Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
2026-08-31
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-31
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 7037.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-28
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-28
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-28
Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended.
2026-08-28
Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 1. Page 6819.)
2026-08-17
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-17
Read third time and amended.
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2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (August 13).
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2026-08-05
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-07-02
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-07-02
Coauthors revised.
2026-07-01
July 1 hearing postponed by committee.
2026-06-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-16
Coauthors revised.
2026-06-04
Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2026-05-26
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-05-20
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2026-05-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4346.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4265.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-12
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-11
May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-04
Set for hearing May 11.
2026-04-28
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-27
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3978.) (April 21).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-20
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3958.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-14
Set for hearing April 21 in JUD. pending receipt.
2026-04-09
Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-08
Re-referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-03-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-26
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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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Versions
- 02/17/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-17Compare
- 03/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-25Compare
- 04/28/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-28Compare
- 06/25/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-25Compare
- 08/17/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-17Compare
- 08/28/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-28Compare
- 09/08/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-08Compare
- 09/10/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-10Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-04-20 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Gonzalez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Jones: other
- Seyarto: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Reyes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: yes
- Valladares: yes
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-11 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
Do pass
2026-05-14 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: other
3rd Reading SB1119 Padilla et al.
2026-05-19 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
2026-06-16 · pass · 10-1
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Papan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Dixon: no
- Macedo: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-07-01 · pass · 12-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Macedo: no
- DeMaio: no
- Hoover: other
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