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CA SB 780

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Cyberbullying Protection Act: liability.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 780 pass?

No. CA SB 780 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-02-02): Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

What is CA SB 780 about?

The Cyberbullying Protection Act requires a social media platform to take certain actions to mitigate or prevent bullying on the social media platform, including establish a prominent mechanism within its internet-based service that allows any individual, whether or not that individual has a profile on the internet-based service, to report cyberbullying or any content that violates the existing terms of service related to cyberbullying, as prescribed. The act makes a violator liable to certain plaintiffs, including the Attorney General, for $10,000 for each violation, among other relief. This bill would instead make a violator liable for $50,000 for each violation.

Who sponsors CA SB 780?

Stern is the primary sponsor of CA SB 780.

Description

The Cyberbullying Protection Act requires a social media platform to take certain actions to mitigate or prevent bullying on the social media platform, including establish a prominent mechanism within its internet-based service that allows any individual, whether or not that individual has a profile on the internet-based service, to report cyberbullying or any content that violates the existing terms of service related to cyberbullying, as prescribed. The act makes a violator liable to certain plaintiffs, including the Attorney General, for $10,000 for each violation, among other relief. This bill would instead make a violator liable for $50,000 for each violation.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2026-02-02 — Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sternauthor

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-02-02

    Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

    failure

  2. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

    reading-1

  4. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  5. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,referral-committee

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB780

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