CaliforniaCompanion chatbots.
What it does
Existing law requires a social media platform to take various steps to prevent cyberbullying of minors on the platform, including by requiring the platform to establish a prominent mechanism within its internet-based service that allows any individual, whether or not that individual has a profile on the internet-based service, to report cyberbullying or any content that violates the existing terms of service related to cyberbullying. Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention in the department, as prescribed.
More detail
This bill would, among other things related to making a companion chatbot platform safer for users, if a reasonable person interacting with a companion chatbot would be misled to believe that the person is interacting with a human, require an operator of a companion chatbot platform to issue a clear and conspicuous notification indicating that the companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human. The bill would also require an operator to take certain actions with respect to a user the operator knows is a minor, including disclose to the user that the user is interacting with artificial intelligence. The bill would also 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 to the user, as specified, and would require an operator to publish details on that protocol on the operator's internet website.
This bill would, beginning July 1, 2027, require an operator to annually report to the Office of Suicide Prevention certain things, including protocols put in place to detect, remove, and respond to instances of suicidal ideation by users, and would require the office to post data from that report on its internet website. The bill would authorize a person who suffers injury in fact as a result of noncompliance with the bill to bring a certain civil action.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 13Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 677, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 13Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 22Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.To Governor
- Sep 11Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 2880.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB243 Padilla et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded SB 243 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Kalra. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 10In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Sep 10Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 1. Page 3189.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Sep 4Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 4Read third time and amended.Major
- Sep 2Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 29From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 29).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 20August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Jul 16From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jul 15
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 9From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Jul 9Coauthors revised.
- Jul 8
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 3From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.Major
- Jun 11June 24 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Jun 9Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.Minor
- Jun 4In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Jun 3Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 5. Page 1442.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB243 Padilla et al. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1192.) (May 23).Minor
- 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 2Set for hearing May 12.
- May 1From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 965.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 30
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Major
- Apr 9From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 705.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Apr 8Set for hearing April 30 in HEALTH pending receipt.
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 28From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Major
- Mar 26Set for hearing April 8.
- Mar 25April 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Mar 25Set for hearing April 1.
- Mar 24From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Major
- Feb 14Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH.Minor
- Feb 3From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
- Jan 30Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced