AI Legislative Update: June 6, 2025
June 6, 2025 — During the state legislative season TCAI will offer weekly updates every Friday on a variety of AI-related bills making progress in capitol buildings around the nation.
This week: California saw action on multiple AI bills that focus on transparency and risk in AI, with all of them meeting the June 6 deadline for approval by their chamber of origin. Connecticut’s main artificial intelligence bill died awaiting a vote in the state Assembly. A New York bill that would require transparency in how AI is trained is still in committee in both chambers.
California
California lawmakers are weighing a number of AI bills this session. The state Assembly passed a bill requiring the labeling of authentic vs. AI content, while the state Senate passed a bill that would protect whistleblowers within AI companies who alert authorities to critical risks.
In addition, three AI-related bills successfully passed out of suspense last month, allowing them to continue to be considered. The bills would govern AI-generated images or videos; AI chatbots; and the use of AI to oversee critical infrastructure.
Still in play in Sacramento:
AB 53: California AI Transparency Act
Assm. Buffy Wicks’ AB 53 would require large online platforms (LOPs) to label whether content is AI-generated or authentic. It would also require manufacturers of phones, cameras, or any device that captures images or audio to give users the option to apply digital signatures to authentic material they produce. The bill passed the Assembly on June 2, and was sent to the Senate, where it was read for the first time and then sent to the Rules Committee.
SB 53: CalCompute
Sen. Scott Wiener sponsored this bill, which is a more measured approach to his Safe & Secure Innovation for Frontier AI Models Act (SB 1047), which passed both chambers last year before being vetoed by California Gov. Gavin Newsome.
The bill would protect whistleblowers who work for developers of “foundational models” for AI platforms trained on broad sets of data. If the bill passes, whistleblowers from these AI companies who disclose information to the California Attorney General or other authorities regarding potential critical risks posed by the developer’s activities or any alleged false or misleading statements made by the company about risk management practices.
The bill passed the Senate on May 28 and was sent to the Assembly where it had a first reading before being sent to the Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection.
AB 412: AI Copyright Protection Act
Assm. Rebecca Bauer-Kahan’s AB 412, the AI Copyright Protection Act, was passed by the full Assembly on May 12 and sent on to the Senate. The Senate has assigned it to both the Judiciary and Appropriations committees, where it awaits further action.
SB 11: AI Abuse Protection Act
Sen. Angelique Ashby sponsored SB 11, which would make computer-manipulated or AI-generated images or videos subject to the state’s right of publicity law and criminal false impersonation statutes. The proposal passed the Senate with minor language amendments and was sent to the Assembly. It’s ready for a full vote in that chamber and won’t need to go through any committees.
SB 243: Companion Chatbots
California Senator Steve Padilla sponsored SB 243, which would require AI platforms to provide regular reminders to minors that a chatbot is AI and not human. The proposal passed in the Senate on June 3. It was then sent to the Assembly, where it was read for the first time. The bill is being held at the desk in that chamber, which means it won’t need to be submitted to any committees before a second and third reading and floor vote.
SB 833: Human Oversight of AI in Critical Infrastructure
Sen. Jerry McNerney sponsored SB 833, which would require human oversight is maintained when AI systems are used to control critical infrastructure, including: transportation, energy, food and agriculture, communications, financial services, or emergency services. SB 833 passed in the Senate on June 3. It was then sent to the Assembly where it was read for the first time, and held for further readings without requiring passing through committees.
Connecticut
SB 2: Artificial Intelligence
The clock ran out this week on SB 2, Connecticut’s omnibus artificial intelligence regulatory proposal.
The bill passed the Senate on May 14 and was sent to the Assembly for consideration on May 16. It was still waiting to be taken up in that chamber when the General Assembly reached its constitutional deadline at midnight Wednesday, June 4.
New York
TCAI is closely watching two bills moving through New York’s state Legislature:
AB 6578: Artificial Intelligence Training Data Transparency Act
In Albany, Assm. Alex Bores’s A 6578, the Artificial Intelligence Training Data Transparency Act, passed out of the Science and Technology Committee, and is still being considered by the Rules Committee. The Senate version, S 6955, remains with the Senate Internet and Technology Committee.
SB 5668: Liability for Misleading or Harmful Information Provided by a Chatbot
New York Senate Bill 5668, which would require companion chatbots to obtain parental consent before minors can interact with them, remains on third reading and is still pending a floor vote—which could come at any time.
New York Sen. Kristen Gonzalez (D-Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn) introduced the chatbot bill, which would also establish liability if a chatbot provides misleading, incorrect, contradictory, or harmful information to a user that results in financial loss or other harm.
The Assembly version of the bill advanced to its third reading on March 17, and a vote could come at any time.
New York’s 2025 legislative session is scheduled to end June 13.
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