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What it does
Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including by requiring a social media company to post terms of service for each social media platform owned or operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all users of the social media platform of the existence and contents of the terms of service, as prescribed.
More detail
Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information that is collected or sold by a business, including the right to request that a business delete personal information about the consumer that the business has collected from the consumer, as specified. Existing law, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA.
This bill would require a social media platform to provide a clear and conspicuous button that enables the user to delete their account and provide the user with the necessary steps to delete the user's account and personal information if the user clicks on that button, in accordance with specified procedures. The bill would prohibit a social media platform from obstructing or interfering with a user's ability to delete their account, as specified. The bill would provide that a user's request to delete an account constitutes a request to delete the consumer's personal information under the CCPA.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 8Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 8Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 22Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 11
- Vote recorded AB 656 Schiavo Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 10Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3198.).Major
- Sep 9In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB656 Schiavo et al. By Ashby. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 9Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2748.).Passed Senate
- Sep 8Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 4Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Jul 3Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 2From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1).Minor
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 23From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.Major
- Jun 12In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- May 28Referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- May 20In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 19Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1596.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 656 Schiavo Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 12Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 8Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- May 7From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).Major
- May 6
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- 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 Com. on P. & C.P.Minor
- Feb 14From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- Feb 13Read first time. To print.Introduced