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California

Law and regulation that bind California, United States, only. What binds the whole country sits at the country level, us/.

Contents

• ab-1159/ — AB 1159 (2026) — student personal information and AI (enacted; in effect 2027-01-01)
• ab-1405/ — AB 1405 (2026) — AI auditors: registration (enacted; in effect 2027-01-01, registry 2029)
• ab-1856/ — AB 1856 (2026) — Digital Age Assurance Act amendments (enacted; in effect 2027-01-01)
• ab-2246/ — AB 2246 (2026) — online services likely to be accessed by children; repeals and replaces the CAADCA (enacted; in effect 2027-01-01)
• adams-law/ — Adam's Law — companion chatbots and children's safety (SB 1119) (enacted; in effect 2027-01-01, most duties operative 2027-07-01)
• caadca/ — California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA, AB 2273) — litigation-frozen (CAADCA)
• ccpa-minors/ — CCPA/CPRA — sale or sharing of minors' personal information (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.120) (CCPA §1798.120)
• chatbot-toys/ — Toys with companion chatbots (SB 867) (enacted; in effect 2027-01-01)
• companion-chatbots/ — California companion chatbot law (Bus. & Prof. Code ch. 22.6, SB 243)
• digital-age-assurance/ — California Digital Age Assurance Act (Civ. Code §§1798.500–1798.505, AB 1043) (enacted; operative 2027-01-01)
• ed-code-49073-1/ — Pupil records - contracts with third parties (Cal. Ed. Code §49073.1) (Cal. Ed. Code §49073.1)
• ed-code-49073-6/ — Pupil records — social media monitoring (Cal. Ed. Code §49073.6) (Cal. Ed. Code §49073.6)
• ed-code-49076-7/ — Ban on collecting pupil social security numbers (Cal. Ed. Code §49076.7) (Cal. Ed. Code §49076.7)
• sopipa/ — Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA)