CaliforniaStudent personal information.
What it does
Existing law, the K–12 Pupil Online Personal Information Protection Act (KOPIPA), generally protects the personal information of a student enrolled in a K–12 course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for K–12 school purposes and was designed and marketed for K–12 school purposes.
More detail
Existing law, the Early Learning Personal Information Protection Act (ELPIPA), generally protects the personal information of a child enrolled in a preschool or prekindergarten course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for preschool or prekindergarten purposes and was designed and marketed for preschool and prekindergarten purposes.
This bill would instead apply the provisions of KOPIPA and ELPIPA to an operator, or an entity working on behalf of the operator, of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used for the applicable school purposes and was designed or marketed for those purposes, as specified. The bill would, among other changes to KOPIPA and ELPIPA related to protecting the personal information of students, prohibit an operator from using covered information, as defined, including persistent unique identifiers, created or gathered by the operator's site, service, or application to train a generative artificial intelligence system or service or develop an artificial intelligence system.
This bill would also enact the Higher Education Student Information Protection Act (HESIPA), which would generally protect the personal information of a student enrolled in a higher education institution, as defined, in a similar manner as KOPIPA and ELPIPA. The bill would make HESIPA operative on July 1, 2027.
This bill would authorize a pupil or student actually harmed by noncompliance with KOPIPA, ELPIPA, or HESIPA to bring a civil action against the noncompliant operator, as prescribed, and would require a person bringing that action to furnish a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General within 10 days after filing the action.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 10Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 182, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 10Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 9Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 31Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 6976.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 1159 Addis Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 30In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB1159 Addis By Padilla. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 30Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0.).Passed Senate
- Aug 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).Minor
- Aug 10In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 3From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jul 22In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Jun 23From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 22
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 10From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]. Result: pass.Upper
- May 20Referred to Coms. on ED. and P., D.T., & C.P.Minor
- Jan 27In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Jan 26Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 3835.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 1159 Addis Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 22Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 22From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (January 22).Minor
- Jan 22In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.Minor
- Jan 22Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
- Jan 20Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jan 16Read second time and amended.Major
- Jan 15From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (January 15).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 13From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 8(Pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)Minor
- Jan 8Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3717.)
- Jan 6Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.Minor
- Jan 5From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.Major
- Jan 5In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- 2025
- Apr 8In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Mar 25Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.Minor
- Mar 24From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 24Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.Minor
- Feb 21From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- Feb 20Read first time. To print.Introduced