It’s finals week in Sacramento. Here’s a scorecard with California’s 24 AI bills

With one week until adjournment, California legislators are considering two dozen AI-related bills nearing final passage. (Photo: Leo_Visions on Unsplash)

Aug. 24, 2026 — California legislators are expecting a busy final week of the 2026 session, with hundreds of bills making their way toward passage and only seven days left to get them across the line. Lawmakers are scheduled to adjourn on Monday, Aug. 31.

Among those measures are two dozen AI-related bills. We have them listed below with the latest action as of Friday, Aug. 21.

Assembly AI-related bills nearing final vote

• AB 2 would make a social media platform liable for specified damages if the platform fails to exercise ordinary care or skill by causing injury to a child. Approved by Assembly in May 2025, now with Senate. Approved by Judiciary on June 15. Passed out of suspense, 4-0, by Senate Appropriations on Aug. 13. Ordered to third reading. (Asm. Lowenthal, et al.)

• AB 1159 would apply the state’s student privacy protections (under KOPIPA and ELPIPA) to digital operators with knowledge that the site, service, app, etc, is used for and marketed for school purposes. Approved by Assembly on Jan. 26. Passed out of suspense, 5-0, on Aug. 13. Ordered to third reading. (Asm. Addis)

• AB 1609 concerns customer service chatbots. Approved by full Assembly on May 27, sent to Senate. Passed and re-referred to Senate Judiciary on June 22. Passed and re-referred to Senate Appropriations on July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Senate Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass as amended, 5-2. Amended and ordered to second reading on Aug. 20. (Asm. Zbur)

• AB 1883 is a similar workplace surveillance bill. Passed out of suspense. Approved by Assembly 52-12 on May 27, sent to Senate. Passed and re-referred to Labor on June 29, passed and re-referred to Appropriations on July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Senate Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass as amended, 5-2. Ordered to third reading on Aug. 17. (Asm. Bryan)

• AB 1979 concerns the use of AI in healthcare services. Approved by Assembly 48-15 on May 21, sent to Senate. Approved by Privacy 7-2, sent to Health committee on June 15. Approved and re-referred to Senate Appropriations on June 30. Result of Aug. 13 Senate Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass, 5-2. Amended and ordered to second reading on Aug. 20. (Asm. Bonta)

• AB 2023 and SB 1119 are companion bills concerning chatbots and children’s safety. AB 2023 was approved by Assembly on May 26, sent to Senate. Result of Aug. 13 Senate Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass, 6-1, and ordered to third reading. (Asm. Bauer-Kahan, Asm. Wicks, Asm. Lowenthal, Sen. Padilla)

• AB 2025 is a real estate AI disclosure bill that would require the disclosure of AI used to digitally alter any promotional materials regarding the sale of real property. Approved by Assembly on May 14. Approved and re-referred to Senate Appropriations on June 23. Amended and ordered to third reading on Aug. 18. (Asm. Pellerin)

• AB 2071 would require digital health to be taught as part of existing courses in health education in California schools. Passed Assembly 75-0 on May 28. Approved and re-referred to Senate Appropriations on July 1. Approved 39-0 by Senate on Aug. 10. Sent to Assembly for concurrence. (Asm. Hoover, Sen. Umberg)

• AB 2392 is an Ed Tech bill that would require the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and would request the University of California, before providing a Gen AI system to students, faculty, or staff, to convene a joint working group to present recommendations for procurement standards and training, submitted by Jan. 1, 2028. Approved by Assembly, 77-0, on May 26. Approved and re-referred to Senate Appropriations on June 29. Hearing scheduled Aug. 3. Result of Aug. 13 Senate Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass, 7-0. (Asm. Fong)

• AB 2575 concerns the use of AI in health care. Approved by Assembly on May 27. Approved by Senate Labor on June 17, approved by Privacy on June 24, approved by Appropriations on June 29. Hearing scheduled Aug. 3. Result of Aug. 13 Senate Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass as amended, 5-2. Amended and ordered to second reading on Aug. 20. (Asm. Ortega)

• AB 2656 would require state and local public employers to provide written notice to a recognized employee organization at least 45 days before taking an action to develop, purchase, implement, or utilize GenAI to perform a service that is within the scope of work of the job classification represented by the recognized employee organization. Passed Assembly 72-2 on May 26. Approved by Senate Privacy on June 17, approved and re-referred to Senate Appropriations on July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Senate Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass, 7-0. (Asm. Petrie-Norris)

• AB 2713 adjusts the existing California AI Transparency Act. The Act currently requires a large online platform to provide a user interface that makes information clearly and conspicuously available to users. The act requires that information to include whether provenance data or digital signatures are available. This bill would instead require that information to include whether provenance data or digital signatures are embedded into, attached to, or otherwise associated with the content. Approved 74-0 by Assembly on May 21, sent to Senate. Approved by Senate Privacy committee 8-0 on June 15, ordered to third reading June 17. (Asm. Wicks, Asm Aguiar-Curry)

Senate AI-related bills nearing final vote

• SB 300 would strengthen existing laws regarding chatbots, by requiring companion chatbot operators to prevent its chatbot products from producing or facilitating the exchange of any sexually explicit material or proposing sexually explicit content. Approved by full Senate, 38-0, on Jan. 26. Approved and re-referred to Assembly Appropriations on July 2. Result of Aug. 13 Assembly Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass, 13-0, ordered to third reading. (Sen. Padilla)

• SB 503 would require AI developers and deployers of medical clinical decision support systems to make reasonable efforts to identify the risk of biased impacts resulting from deployment of the system. Developers would be required to make a statement describing the intended uses and known or foreseeable risks associated with the use of the system. Deployers would be required to make reasonable efforts to mitigate the risks of biased impacts, and to regularly monitor the systems and take reasonable steps to mitigate biased impacts. Approved by Senate on May 29, 2025. Amended and ordered to third reading in Assembly on Aug. 19, 2026. (Sen. Weber Pierson)

• SB 574, Sen. Umberg’s bill from 2025, was amended and re-referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill would establish protections and standards for attorneys licensed by the state, with regard to their use of AI. Approved by Senate on Jan. 29. Approved and re-referred to Assembly Privacy on July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Assembly Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass as amended, 11-0, and moved to second reading. (Sen. Umberg)

• SB 813, Sen. McNerney’s bill from 2025, was revived and re-referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill would establish a California AI Standards and Safety Commission. Approved by Senate, 31-7, in Jan. 27 vote, amended and re-referred to Assembly P&CP Cmtee on June 16. Approved and re-referred to Assembly Appropriations on July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Assembly Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass as amended, 11-3, re-referred to Rules Committee. (Sen. McNerney)

• SB 867 would prohibit the inclusion of companion chatbots in toys. Approved by Senate on May 28. Approved by Assembly P&CP 14-1 on June 16, now with Appropriations. Placed on suspense file July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Assembly Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass as amended, 11-0. Ordered to third reading on Aug. 17. (Sen. Padilla, et al)

• SB 903 concerns the use of AI and the transcription of patient information in professional mental health therapy. Approved by full Senate 39-0 and sent to Assembly on May 19. Approved 17-0 by Privacy committee. Approved and re-referred to Assembly Appropriations on July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Assembly Appropriations suspense vote: Do pass, 13-0, ordered to third reading. (Sen. Padilla, Sen. Rubio)

• SB 947 This bill would establish worker protections regarding the use of AI and automated decision systems (ADS). Approved by Senate 29-9 on May 19 and sent to Assembly. Approved by Assembly Privacy committee 5-1 and re-referred to same on June 10, approved 10-4 and sent to Judiciary on June 23. Passed and re-referred to Assembly Appropriations on July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Assembly Appropriations suspense vote: Approved 10-4, ordered to third reading. (Sen. McNerney, Sen. Reyes)

• SB 951, is a digital displacement notice bill, requiring 90-day notice from certain covered employers before any technological displacement affecting 25% or more of the workforce. Approved by full Senate 28-9 on May 20. Approved and re-referred to Assembly Appropriations on July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Assembly Appropriations suspense vote: Approved 10-3. Ordered to third reading on Aug. 17. (Sen. Reyes)

• SB 1000 modifies existing law regarding AI disclosure and provenance data. Approved with urgency clause by Senate 33-1 on May 19. Approved by Assembly P&CP 15-0 on June 16, approved by Appropriations 10-0 on July 1. Ordered to third reading on July 2. (Sen. Becker)

• SB 1050 would require disclosures about the use of AI (synthetic performers) in advertisements. Approved by Senate on May 28. Approved by Assembly P&CP 13-2 on June 16. Approved by Assembly Judiciary 9-0 on June 23. Approved and re-referred to Assembly Appropriations 10-1 on July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Assembly Appropriations suspense vote: Approved as amended, 12-1. Ordered to third reading on Aug. 17. (Sen. Ashby)

• SB 1111 concerns AI and digital replicas. Existing law prohibits the false impersonation of another person with the intent to steal or defraud. This bill would clarify that false impersonation includes the use of a digital replica with the intent to impersonate another. Approved by full Senate, 36-0, on April 30. Approved by Assembly P&CP 14-1 on June 16. Approved by Public Safety 14-1 on June 17. Approved by Appropriations 9-0 on July 1. Result of Aug. 13 Assembly Appropriations suspense vote: Approved, 15-0, ordered to third reading. (Sen. Ashby)

• SB 1119, a chatbot safety bill, companion to AB 2023, see under AB 2023 above. Approved by full Senate 39-0 on May 19. Result of Aug. 13 Assembly Appropriations suspense vote: Approved 11-0. Amended and ordered to third reading on Aug. 17. (Sen. Padilla)

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