CA SB 524
enactedLaw enforcement agencies: artificial intelligence.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 524 pass?
Yes. CA SB 524 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 587, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 524 about?
Existing law generally provides for the regulation of law enforcement agencies, including, among other things, requiring each local law enforcement agency to conspicuously post on their internet websites all current standards, policies, practices, operating procedures, and education and training materials that would otherwise be available to the public under specified circumstances. This bill would require each law enforcement agency to maintain a policy to require an official report prepared by a law enforcement officer or any member of a law enforcement agency that is generated using artificial intelligence either fully or partially to include specified information, including a disclosure statement and the signature of the law enforcement officer or member of a law enforcement agency who prepared the official report, as specified. If an officer or any member of an agency uses artificial intelligence to create an official report, the bill would require the first draft created to be retained for as long as the official report is retained. The bill would, except for the official report, prohibit a draft of any report created with the use of artificial intelligence from constituting an officer's statement. The bill would require an agency utilizing artificial intelligence to generate a first draft or official report to maintain an audit trail that identifies, at a minimum, certain things, including the person who used artificial intelligence to create a report. The bill would prohibit a contracted vendor from sharing, selling, or otherwise using information provided by a law enforcement agency to be processed by artificial intelligence, except as provided. The bill would define terms for purposes of these provisions. By requiring local law enforcement agencies to adopt a new policy, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors CA SB 524?
Arreguín is the primary sponsor of CA SB 524, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law generally provides for the regulation of law enforcement agencies, including, among other things, requiring each local law enforcement agency to conspicuously post on their internet websites all current standards, policies, practices, operating procedures, and education and training materials that would otherwise be available to the public under specified circumstances. This bill would require each law enforcement agency to maintain a policy to require an official report prepared by a law enforcement officer or any member of a law enforcement agency that is generated using artificial intelligence either fully or partially to include specified information, including a disclosure statement and the signature of the law enforcement officer or member of a law enforcement agency who prepared the official report, as specified. If an officer or any member of an agency uses artificial intelligence to create an official report, the bill would require the first draft created to be retained for as long as the official report is retained. The bill would, except for the official report, prohibit a draft of any report created with the use of artificial intelligence from constituting an officer's statement. The bill would require an agency utilizing artificial intelligence to generate a first draft or official report to maintain an audit trail that identifies, at a minimum, certain things, including the person who used artificial intelligence to create a report. The bill would prohibit a contracted vendor from sharing, selling, or otherwise using information provided by a law enforcement agency to be processed by artificial intelligence, except as provided. The bill would define terms for purposes of these provisions. By requiring local law enforcement agencies to adopt a new policy, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-20
- Latest action
- 2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 587, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Arreguínauthor
- Schultzcoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-20
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-21
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-03-05
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-03-27
Set for hearing April 8.
2025-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 709.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-10
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21
April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1203.) (May 23).
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1446.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-04
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-09
Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P.
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2025-06-11
June 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-07-02
Coauthors revised.
2025-07-02
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2025-07-17
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (July 16).
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2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-17
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 29).
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2025-09-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-03
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-03
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-08
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 17. Page 3005.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-08
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2803.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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2025-10-10
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 587, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
- 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
- 06/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-25Compare
- 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
- 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
- 09/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-03Compare
- 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
- 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-08 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (6)
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Seyarto: no
Placed on suspense file
2025-04-21 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 28-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Gonzalez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Limón: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Valladares: no
- Choi: no
- Seyarto: no
- Niello: no
- Strickland: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Grove: no
- Dahle: no
- Jones: no
- Reyes: other
- Hurtado: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
2025-07-01 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Schultz: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Haney: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Alanis: other
- Ramos: other
- Lackey: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-16 · pass · 12-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Bryan: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Wilson: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patterson: no
- Macedo: no
- Dixon: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-08-29 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Dixon: no
- Ta: other
SB 524 Arreguín Senate Third Reading By Schultz
2025-09-08 · pass · 50-17
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
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Wallis: no
- Ávila Farías: no
- Macedo: no
- Gallagher: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Chen: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Flora: no
- Patterson: no
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Valencia: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Nguyen: other
- Krell: other
- Lackey: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Ramos: other
- Pacheco: other
- Ta: other
- Alanis: other
- Soria: other
- DeMaio: other
Unfinished Business SB524 Arreguín et al. Concurrence
2025-09-10 · pass · 28-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Choi: no
- Strickland: no
- Grove: no
- Niello: no
- Jones: no
- Dahle: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Seyarto: no
- Valladares: no
- Umberg: other
- Hurtado: other
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