Rank 5 of 54

California

AI measures that would put AI under new government control.

The receipts

74bills and resolutions about AI since January 2025

30of them would put AI under new government control

10agencies and officials they would hand new power

33have passed, 14 of them carrying a control

Who benefits

Agencies and officials these bills would hand new power, by number of bills.

1California Attorney GeneralAttorney generalmost common control: New agency powers6bills
2California local prosecutorsProsecutorsmost common control: Label or AI notice3bills
3California Medical BoardAgencymost common control: Use limits2bills
4California Osteopathic Medical BoardAgencymost common control: Use limits2bills
5California Labor CommissionerAgencymost common control: Label or AI notice2bills
6California Office of Suicide PreventionAgencymost common control: Mandatory reporting1bill
7California health care professional licensing boardsAgencymost common control: Use limits1bill
8California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and TrainingAgencymost common control: Mandatory reporting1bill
9California Government Operations AgencyAgencymost common control: Mandatory reporting1bill
10California Office of Emergency ServicesAgencymost common control: Mandatory reporting1bill

Already law

33 measures have passed. 14 of them carry a control.

SB 243Passed · 2025-10-13Companion chatbots.Label or AI noticeMandatory reportingUse limitsAI companionsKids and chatbotsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 53Passed · 2025-09-29Artificial intelligence models: large developers.Mandatory reportingNew agency powersLoss of controlRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1405Passed · 2026-09-09Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.Mandatory reportingNew agency powersRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2469Passed · 2026-09-21Data centers: water use disclosures.Data center limitsMandatory reportingRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 947Passed · 2026-09-30Employment: automated decision systems.Label or AI noticeUse limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1246Passed · 2026-09-30Autonomous vehicles.Mandatory reportingNew agency powersRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 325Passed · 2025-10-06Cartwright Act: violations.Use limitsAlgorithmic pricingRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 489Passed · 2025-10-11Health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: artificial intelligence.Use limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1119Passed · 2026-09-10Companion chatbots: children's safety.Mandatory reportingKids and chatbotsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 887Passed · 2026-09-21California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects.Data center limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1577Passed · 2026-09-21Data centers: reporting.Mandatory reportingRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1609Passed · 2026-09-28Customer service chatbots.Label or AI noticeRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1111Passed · 2026-09-30Digital replicas.Use limitsDeepfakesRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1979Passed · 2026-09-30Health care services: artificial intelligence.Use limitsAI deciding careRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov

In their own words

The fear as each bill's official summary or text states it, and the controls the same bill would create.

AI companions
“require an operator to prevent a companion chatbot on its companion chatbot platform from engaging with users unless the operator maintains a protocol for preventing the production of suicidal ideation, suicide, or self-harm content”
SB 243, CaliforniaPassedLabel or AI noticeMandatory reportingUse limits
Loss of control
“require a large frontier developer to transmit to the Office of Emergency Services a summary of any assessment of catastrophic risk, as defined, resulting from internal use of its frontier models”
SB 53, CaliforniaPassedMandatory reportingNew agency powers2 offices
AI deciding care
“a licensed health care professional, acting within their scope of practice, retains the ability to exercise independent professional judgment in their care of a patient”
AB 1979, CaliforniaPassedUse limits2 offices
Kids and chatbots
“prohibit a person, partnership, corporation, business entity, or state or local government agency that makes a companion chatbot available to users from making a companion chatbot available to a child unless the companion chatbot is not foreseeably capable of doing certain things that could harm a child”
AB 1064, CaliforniaVetoedNew agency powersUse limitsCalifornia Attorney General
Kids and chatbots
“perform and document a comprehensive risk assessment related to the design, configuration, and operation of the companion chatbot with respect to minor users”
SB 1119, CaliforniaPassedMandatory reportingCalifornia Attorney General

What it's buying

The government controls written into these bills.

The fears they cite

The fears these bills cite, by number of bills.

Every bill

Most controls first, then what has passed, then the newest. Filter them by fear, control or status.

SB 243PassedCompanion chatbots.Label or AI noticeMandatory reportingUse limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 947PassedEmployment: automated decision systems.Label or AI noticeUse limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1246PassedAutonomous vehicles.Mandatory reportingNew agency powersRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2469PassedData centers: water use disclosures.Data center limitsMandatory reportingRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1405PassedArtificial intelligence: auditors: registration.Mandatory reportingNew agency powersRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 53PassedArtificial intelligence models: large developers.Mandatory reportingNew agency powersRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2023Not passedCompanion chatbots: children's safety.Mandatory reportingNew agency powersRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1018Not passedAutomated decision systems.Label or AI noticeNew agency powersRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 11VetoedArtificial intelligence technology.Label or AI noticeUse limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 7VetoedEmployment: automated decision systems.Label or AI noticeUse limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1064VetoedLeading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act.New agency powersUse limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1111PassedDigital replicas.Use limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1979PassedHealth care services: artificial intelligence.Use limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1609PassedCustomer service chatbots.Label or AI noticeRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 887PassedCalifornia Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects.Data center limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1577PassedData centers: reporting.Mandatory reportingRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1119PassedCompanion chatbots: children's safety.Mandatory reportingRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 489PassedHealth care professions: deceptive terms or letters: artificial intelligence.Use limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 325PassedCartwright Act: violations.Use limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 903VetoedMental health professionals: artificial intelligence.Use limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 300Not passedCompanion chatbots.Use limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1146Not passedAdvertisement claims: health-related consumer products and services: digital replicas and synthetic performers.Label or AI noticeRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1988Not passedCompanion chatbots: crisis interruption pauses.Mandatory reportingRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2169Not passedSocial media platforms: artificial intelligence models.New agency powersRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 468Not passedHigh-risk artificial intelligence systems: duty to protect personal information.New agency powersRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 384Not passedPreventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act: prohibition on certain price-setting algorithm uses.Use limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 410Not passedBots: disclosure.Label or AI noticeRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 222Not passedData centers: power usage effectiveness: cost shifts.Mandatory reportingRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 52Not passedHousing rental terms: algorithmic devices.Use limitsRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 572Not passedVehicles: advanced driver assistance system: crash reports.Mandatory reportingRead it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2392PassedPublic postsecondary education: generative artificial intelligence systems: procurement standards: training.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1159PassedArtificial intelligence: transparency and governance.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 503PassedHealth care services: artificial intelligence.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2619PassedWater resources: data centers.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2383PassedElectricity: data centers.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1168PassedData centers: rate structures.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2504PassedCommunity colleges: artificial intelligence: pilot program.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 867PassedToys: companion chatbots.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1651PassedState Bar of California: artificial intelligence.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 853PassedCalifornia AI Transparency Act.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 621PassedDeepfake pornography.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 316PassedArtificial intelligence: defenses.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 57PassedElectrical corporations: data centers: report.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 683PassedPrivacy: use of a person's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness: injunctive relief.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 524PassedLaw enforcement agencies: artificial intelligence.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 723PassedReal estate: digitally altered images: disclosure.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 253PassedState Bar of California.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 480PassedAutonomous vehicles.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 979PassedCalifornia Cybersecurity Integration Center: artificial intelligence.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2656VetoedPublic employees: notice: artificial intelligence performing service within scope of work.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2575VetoedHealth care services: artificial intelligence.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2502VetoedVehicles: driving under the influence: driving automation.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2545Not passedReport: labor force impact: artificial intelligence.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1106Not passedAgentic artificial intelligence.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SCR 82Not passedRelative to artificial intelligence in public higher education.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 833Not passedCritical infrastructure: artificial intelligence systems: human oversight.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 412Not passedGenerative artificial intelligence: training data: copyrighted materials.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2583Not passedOffice of Small Business Advocate: artificial intelligence.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 1248Not passedState agencies: automated decision systems.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2027Not passedWorker data: prohibitions: artificial intelligence.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1898Not passedWorkplace artificial intelligence tools.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 978Not passedData centers: labor: electricity rates.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2193Not passedAutonomous vehicles.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2653Not passedState contracts: report: modern foundation models and associated artificial intelligence systems.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 2487Not passedArtificial intelligence: education and workforce development.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 771VetoedPersonal rights: liability: social media platforms.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 1095Not passedData centers: waste heat energy.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 579Not passedMental health and artificial intelligence working group.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 430Not passedLocal agencies: automated decision systems.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 366Not passedEmployment: artificial intelligence.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 93VetoedWater resources: data centers.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 295Not passedCalifornia Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
AB 33Not passedAutonomous vehicles.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
SB 69Not passedArtificial intelligence program: Attorney General.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov