CaliforniaIndependent verification organizations.
What it does
Existing law requires, on or before September 1, 2024, the Department of Technology, within the Government Operations Agency, to conduct, in coordination with other interagency bodies as it deems appropriate, a comprehensive inventory of all high-risk automated decision systems that have been proposed for use, development, or procurement by, or are being used, developed, or procured by, any state agency. Existing law requires the department to annually submit a report of that comprehensive inventory to the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization.
More detail
Existing law, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, among other things related to ensuring the safety of certain artificial intelligence models, requires a large frontier developer to write, implement, and clearly and conspicuously publish on its internet website a frontier AI framework that applies to the large frontier developer's frontier models and describes how the large frontier developer approaches, among other things, incorporating national standards, international standards, and industry-consensus best practices into its frontier AI framework.
This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2028, the Government Operations Agency to take certain actions related to the selection and regulation of certain entities, defined as "independent verification organizations," designated by the agency as having demonstrated expertise in assessing the risks posed by an AI system or model and identifying the metrics and methodologies that form the basis for that assessment. The bill would require the agency to convene working groups to solicit stakeholder input in the identification of standards and the development and revision of procedures and criteria, as specified. The bill would require the agency to provide a report to the Legislature on the findings of the working groups and would require a designated IVO to submit annually, and no sooner than 12 months after initial designation as an IVO, to the agency and Legislature a report, as specified.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 9Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 179, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 9Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 8Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 31
- Vote recorded SB 813 McNerney Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 30Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB813 McNerney et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 30In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Aug 30Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 6872.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 26Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 26Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 26Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 6562.)
- Aug 25Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 24Ordered to second reading.Minor
- Aug 24Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Aug 24Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 6369.)
- Aug 24From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules]. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jul 2Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jul 2From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 1).Major
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 16From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.Major
- May 4Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.Minor
- Jan 27In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 3307.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Jan 22Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 22From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3270.) (January 22).Minor
- Jan 16Set for hearing January 22.
- Jan 5From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- 2025
- May 23May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
- May 16Set for hearing May 23.
- May 12May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- May 6Set for hearing May 12.
- May 1Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Apr 30From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 944.) (April 29).Major
- Apr 29
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 9Set for hearing April 29.
- Apr 2Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Mar 27Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Mar 27Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Mar 27April 21 hearing postponed by committee.
- Mar 26From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.Major
- Mar 18Set for hearing April 21.
- Mar 12Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.Minor
- Feb 24Read first time.Minor
- Feb 24From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- Feb 21Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced