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CA SB 446

enacted

Data breaches: customer notification.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 446 pass?

Yes. CA SB 446 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-03. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 319, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 446 about?

Existing law requires an individual or a business that conducts business in California, and that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, to disclose a breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to a resident of California whose unencrypted personal information was compromised, as specified, and requires that disclosure to be made in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, consistent with the legitimate needs of law enforcement, as specified, or any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system. This bill would require that data breach disclosure to be made within 30 calendar days of discovery or notification of the data breach but would authorize an individual or business to delay the disclosure to accommodate the legitimate needs of law enforcement, as specified, or as necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system. Existing law also requires an individual or business that is required to issue the security breach notification described above to more than 500 California residents as a result of a single breach of the security system to electronically submit a single sample copy of that security breach notification, excluding any personally identifiable information, to the Attorney General. This bill would require that submission to the Attorney General to be made within 15 calendar days of notifying affected consumers of the security breach.

Who sponsors CA SB 446?

Hurtado is the primary sponsor of CA SB 446.

Description

Existing law requires an individual or a business that conducts business in California, and that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, to disclose a breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to a resident of California whose unencrypted personal information was compromised, as specified, and requires that disclosure to be made in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, consistent with the legitimate needs of law enforcement, as specified, or any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system. This bill would require that data breach disclosure to be made within 30 calendar days of discovery or notification of the data breach but would authorize an individual or business to delay the disclosure to accommodate the legitimate needs of law enforcement, as specified, or as necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system. Existing law also requires an individual or business that is required to issue the security breach notification described above to more than 500 California residents as a result of a single breach of the security system to electronically submit a single sample copy of that security breach notification, excluding any personally identifiable information, to the Attorney General. This bill would require that submission to the Attorney General to be made within 15 calendar days of notifying affected consumers of the security breach.

Introduced
2025-02-18
Latest action
2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 319, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hurtadoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

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

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-19

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

  3. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-25

    Set for hearing April 1.

  5. 2025-04-02

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 610.) (April 1).

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  6. 2025-04-03

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

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  7. 2025-04-08

    Set for hearing April 21.

  8. 2025-04-21

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  9. 2025-04-22

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-14

    Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2025-05-14

    Read third time and amended.

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  12. 2025-05-15

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-05-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1297.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  14. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  15. 2025-06-05

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

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  16. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  17. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2025-08-20

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).

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  19. 2025-08-21

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  20. 2025-08-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  21. 2025-08-28

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  22. 2025-09-03

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  23. 2025-10-03

    Approved by the Governor.

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  24. 2025-10-03

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 319, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
  • 04/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-03Compare
  • 05/14/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-14Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Enrolled — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 10/03/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-03Compare
  • SB446Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-01 · pass · 12-0

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

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-05-28 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-24 · pass · 15-0

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

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-08 · pass · 12-0

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

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-08-20 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • SB 446 Hurtado Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-08-28 · pass · 74-0

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

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB446

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