CaliforniaStudent Test Taker Privacy Protection Act: end-to-end encryption.
What it does
Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), imposes various obligations on businesses with respect to personal information, as defined. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA.
More detail
The CCPA requires a business to inform consumers of the categories of personal information to be collected and the purposes for which the categories of personal information are collected or used and whether that information is sold or shared. Existing law, the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act, prohibits an operator, as defined, from, among other things, disclosing a K–12 student's personal information, except as specified. Existing law, the Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act, prohibits a business providing proctoring services in an educational setting from collecting, retaining, using, or disclosing personal information except to the extent necessary to provide those proctoring services and in other specified circumstances.
This bill, beginning July 1, 2027, would require a business providing those proctoring services to a school district, county office of education, or charter school for classroom- or course-based exams to use end-to-end encryption, as defined, for those purposes. The bill would define "end-to-end encryption" for these purposes to mean a security method where data is encrypted on the sender's device and remains encrypted until it reaches the intended recipient's device and is unreadable by any other party, including the business providing proctoring services.
The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 authorizes the Legislature to amend the act to further the purposes and intent of the act by a majority vote of both houses of the Legislature, as specified.
This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes and intent of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 989, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 21Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 17Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5485.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB930 Reyes Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 6In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 930 Reyes Senate Third Reading By Pellerin. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 6Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6080.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 3Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 2Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Jul 2From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1).Major
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 17From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Jun 16
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- May 11Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and ED.Minor
- Apr 27In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4065.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Apr 8Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 7From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3741.) (April 6).Minor
- Apr 6
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 26Set for hearing April 6.
- Mar 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.Major
- Feb 18Referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.Minor
- Jan 30From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.
- Jan 29Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced