Bill Commons

CA SB 813

enacted

Independent verification organizations.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 813 pass?

Yes. CA SB 813 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-09): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 179, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 813 about?

Existing law requires, on or before September 1, 2024, the Department of Technology, within the Government Operations Agency, to conduct, in coordination with other interagency bodies as it deems appropriate, a comprehensive inventory of all high-risk automated decision systems that have been proposed for use, development, or procurement by, or are being used, developed, or procured by, any state agency. Existing law requires the department to annually submit a report of that comprehensive inventory to the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization. Existing law, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, among other things related to ensuring the safety of certain artificial intelligence models, requires a large frontier developer to write, implement, and clearly and conspicuously publish on its internet website a frontier AI framework that applies to the large frontier developer's frontier models and describes how the large frontier developer approaches, among other things, incorporating national standards, international standards, and industry-consensus best practices into its frontier AI framework. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2028, the Government Operations Agency to take certain actions related to the selection and regulation of certain entities, defined as "independent verification organizations," designated by the agency as having demonstrated expertise in assessing the risks posed by an AI system or model and identifying the metrics and methodologies that form the basis for that assessment. The bill would require the agency to convene working groups to solicit stakeholder input in the identification of standards and the development and revision of procedures and criteria, as specified. The bill would require the agency to provide a report to the Legislature on the findings of the working groups and would require a designated IVO to submit annually, and no sooner than 12 months after initial designation as an IVO, to the agency and Legislature a report, as specified.

Who sponsors CA SB 813?

McNerney is the primary sponsor of CA SB 813, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires, on or before September 1, 2024, the Department of Technology, within the Government Operations Agency, to conduct, in coordination with other interagency bodies as it deems appropriate, a comprehensive inventory of all high-risk automated decision systems that have been proposed for use, development, or procurement by, or are being used, developed, or procured by, any state agency. Existing law requires the department to annually submit a report of that comprehensive inventory to the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization. Existing law, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, among other things related to ensuring the safety of certain artificial intelligence models, requires a large frontier developer to write, implement, and clearly and conspicuously publish on its internet website a frontier AI framework that applies to the large frontier developer's frontier models and describes how the large frontier developer approaches, among other things, incorporating national standards, international standards, and industry-consensus best practices into its frontier AI framework. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2028, the Government Operations Agency to take certain actions related to the selection and regulation of certain entities, defined as "independent verification organizations," designated by the agency as having demonstrated expertise in assessing the risks posed by an AI system or model and identifying the metrics and methodologies that form the basis for that assessment. The bill would require the agency to convene working groups to solicit stakeholder input in the identification of standards and the development and revision of procedures and criteria, as specified. The bill would require the agency to provide a report to the Legislature on the findings of the working groups and would require a designated IVO to submit annually, and no sooner than 12 months after initial designation as an IVO, to the agency and Legislature a report, as specified.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2026-09-09 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 179, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • McNerneyauthor
  • Bauer-Kahancoauthor
  • Lowenthalcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-09

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 179, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-09

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-08

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-30

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. 2026-08-30

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2026-08-30

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  7. 2026-08-30

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 6872.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  8. 2026-08-26

    Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended.

  9. 2026-08-26

    Read third time and amended.

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  10. 2026-08-26

    Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2026-08-26

    Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 6562.)

  12. 2026-08-25

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2026-08-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  14. 2026-08-24

    Assembly Rule 96 suspended.

  15. 2026-08-24

    Ordered to second reading.

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  16. 2026-08-24

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  17. 2026-08-24

    Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 6369.)

  18. 2026-08-13

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  19. 2026-08-13

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

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  20. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 13).

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  21. 2026-08-05

    August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  22. 2026-07-02

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 1).

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  23. 2026-07-02

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

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  24. 2026-06-16

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  25. 2026-05-04

    Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  26. 2026-01-27

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  27. 2026-01-27

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 3307.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  28. 2026-01-22

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  29. 2026-01-22

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3270.) (January 22).

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  30. 2026-01-16

    Set for hearing January 22.

  31. 2026-01-05

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  32. 2025-05-23

    May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

  33. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  34. 2025-05-12

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  35. 2025-05-06

    Set for hearing May 12.

  36. 2025-05-01

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

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  37. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 944.) (April 29).

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  38. 2025-04-09

    Set for hearing April 29.

  39. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  40. 2025-03-27

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  41. 2025-03-27

    April 21 hearing postponed by committee.

  42. 2025-03-27

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  43. 2025-03-26

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  44. 2025-03-18

    Set for hearing April 21.

  45. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  46. 2025-02-24

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

  47. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  48. 2025-02-21

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

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 05/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-01Compare
  • 01/05/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-01-05Compare
  • 06/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-16Compare
  • 07/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-02Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 08/24/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-24Compare
  • 08/26/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-26Compare
  • 09/01/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-01Compare
  • 09/09/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-09Compare
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Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-29 · pass · 10-0

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

    2026-01-22 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading

    2026-01-27 · pass · 31-7

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Grove: no
    • Jones: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Choi: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Niello: other

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-07-01 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Patterson: other
    • Hoover: other

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