Bill Commons

CA SB 1247

enacted

Social media platforms: child influencers.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 1247 pass?

Yes. CA SB 1247 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1022, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 1247 about?

Existing law requires a vlogger to compensate a minor under 18 years of age if the minor is engaged in the work of vlogging, as specified. Existing law generally provides for the protection of minors on the internet, including by imposing certain requirements on an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application if it is directed to minors or the operator has actual knowledge that a minor is using it. Among those provisions, existing law requires the operator to permit a minor who is a registered user to remove content or information that the user posted on the operator's internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application, as specified. This bill would require a social media platform to provide a clear and conspicuous mechanism by which a child influencer, as defined, can request a vlogger, either directly or through a specified notice process, to delete or edit certain paid content that features the child influencer as a minor, as prescribed. The bill would require the vlogger to delete or edit the content so that the child influencer is no longer featured within 10 business days of receiving the request. The bill would define "vlogger" to mean a person who is a parent, legal guardian, or family member of a child influencer who shared images or video content featuring that child influencer constituting at least 30% of the person's content shared on social media platforms and who received compensation for sharing that content featuring the child influencer. The bill would authorize a child influencer to bring a specified civil action against a vlogger who violates the bill.

Who sponsors CA SB 1247?

Padilla is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1247, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law requires a vlogger to compensate a minor under 18 years of age if the minor is engaged in the work of vlogging, as specified. Existing law generally provides for the protection of minors on the internet, including by imposing certain requirements on an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application if it is directed to minors or the operator has actual knowledge that a minor is using it. Among those provisions, existing law requires the operator to permit a minor who is a registered user to remove content or information that the user posted on the operator's internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application, as specified. This bill would require a social media platform to provide a clear and conspicuous mechanism by which a child influencer, as defined, can request a vlogger, either directly or through a specified notice process, to delete or edit certain paid content that features the child influencer as a minor, as prescribed. The bill would require the vlogger to delete or edit the content so that the child influencer is no longer featured within 10 business days of receiving the request. The bill would define "vlogger" to mean a person who is a parent, legal guardian, or family member of a child influencer who shared images or video content featuring that child influencer constituting at least 30% of the person's content shared on social media platforms and who received compensation for sharing that content featuring the child influencer. The bill would authorize a child influencer to bring a specified civil action against a vlogger who violates the bill.

Introduced
2026-02-19
Latest action
2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1022, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Padillaauthor
  • Bauer-Kahancoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1022, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-30

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-03

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

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  4. 2026-08-27

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  5. 2026-08-27

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5945.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  6. 2026-08-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  7. 2026-08-26

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-26

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6551.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2026-08-10

    Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-10

    Read third time and amended.

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  11. 2026-06-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-06-23

    Coauthors revised.

  13. 2026-06-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23).

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  14. 2026-06-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  15. 2026-05-26

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

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  16. 2026-05-20

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. 2026-05-19

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4348.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  18. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4270.) (May 14).

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  19. 2026-05-14

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2026-05-12

    Set for hearing May 14.

  21. 2026-05-11

    May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  22. 2026-05-04

    Set for hearing May 11.

  23. 2026-04-23

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

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  24. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3979.) (April 21).

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  25. 2026-04-14

    April 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  26. 2026-04-08

    Set for hearing April 14.

  27. 2026-04-07

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3742.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  28. 2026-03-10

    Set for hearing April 6.

  29. 2026-03-04

    Referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P., JUD., and APPR.

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  30. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  31. 2026-02-19

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
  • 04/23/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-23Compare
  • 08/10/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-10Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
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  • SB1247Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-04-06 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Reyes: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Umberg: yes

  • 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 · 7-0

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

  • 3rd Reading

    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 [Judiciary]

    2026-06-16 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Irwin: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Hoover: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-06-23 · pass · 12-0

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

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