CA SB 771
vetoedPersonal rights: liability: social media platforms.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 771 pass?
No. CA SB 771 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Veto sustained.
What is CA SB 771 about?
Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including by requiring a social media company to post terms of service for each social media platform owned or operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all users of the social media platform of the existence and contents of the terms of service, as prescribed. Existing law generally prohibits a person from using violence or intimidation to interfere with another person's enjoyment of certain rights or because of certain attributes of that person, including the person's political affiliation, race, or sexual orientation, and punishes violations of that law with certain civil penalties or as misdemeanors, as prescribed. This bill would make a social media platform, as defined, that violates the above-referenced provisions of law relating to personal rights through its algorithms that relay content to users or aids, abets, acts in concert, or conspires in violation of those laws, or is a joint tortfeasor in an action alleging a violation of those laws, liable for specified civil penalties. The bill would declare its provisions to be severable and would declare attempted waiver of its provisions to be void and unenforceable. This bill would become operative on January 1, 2027.
Who sponsors CA SB 771?
Stern is the primary sponsor of CA SB 771, joined by 8 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including by requiring a social media company to post terms of service for each social media platform owned or operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all users of the social media platform of the existence and contents of the terms of service, as prescribed. Existing law generally prohibits a person from using violence or intimidation to interfere with another person's enjoyment of certain rights or because of certain attributes of that person, including the person's political affiliation, race, or sexual orientation, and punishes violations of that law with certain civil penalties or as misdemeanors, as prescribed. This bill would make a social media platform, as defined, that violates the above-referenced provisions of law relating to personal rights through its algorithms that relay content to users or aids, abets, acts in concert, or conspires in violation of those laws, or is a joint tortfeasor in an action alleging a violation of those laws, liable for specified civil penalties. The bill would declare its provisions to be severable and would declare attempted waiver of its provisions to be void and unenforceable. This bill would become operative on January 1, 2027.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2026-03-02 — Veto sustained.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Sternauthor
- Bryancoauthor
- Harabediancoauthor
- Kalracoauthor
- Lowenthalcoauthor
- Ortegacoauthor
- Pellerincoauthor
- Stefanicoauthor
- Zburcoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-02
Stricken from file.
2026-03-02
Veto sustained.
2025-10-13
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13
Vetoed by the Governor.
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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2025-09-11
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2919.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-11
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 2. Page 3238.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (August 29).
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-10
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8).
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2025-06-25
Coauthors revised.
2025-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-06-19
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2025-06-16
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
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2025-06-05
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 1519.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 1212.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-12
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-02
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 943.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-22
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-03-25
Withdrawn from committee.
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2025-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-03-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2025-03-12
Referred to Com. on ED.
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2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
- 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
- 06/19/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-19Compare
- 07/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-10Compare
- 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
- 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Arreguín: yes
- Allen: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Valladares: other
- Niello: other
- Wahab: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Dahle: other
- Seyarto: other
- Wahab: other
3rd Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 29-4
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Choi: no
- Strickland: no
- Jones: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Reyes: other
- Valladares: other
- Grove: other
- Seyarto: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Dahle: other
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-06-24 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Ward: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bennett: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Patterson: other
- Hoover: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-08 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Bryan: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Papan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-08-29 · pass · 11-1
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
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: other
- Ta: other
- Dixon: other
SB 771 Stern Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan
2025-09-11 · pass · 51-2
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: 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
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ellis: no
- DeMaio: no
- Johnson: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Dixon: other
- Elhawary: other
- Soria: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Valencia: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Lee: other
- Castillo: other
- Alanis: other
- Wallis: other
- Patterson: other
- Ta: other
- Caloza: other
- Hoover: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Gallagher: other
- Macedo: other
- Davies: other
- Hadwick: other
- Tangipa: other
- Lackey: other
- Ramos: other
- Sanchez: other
- Chen: other
- Flora: other
Unfinished Business SB771 Stern et al. Concurrence
2025-09-11 · pass · 30-8
Member-level votes (40)
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Seyarto: no
- Jones: no
- Grove: no
- Strickland: no
- Dahle: no
- Choi: no
- Valladares: other
- Niello: other
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