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Authors Bauer-Kahan  
Coauthors: Pellerin  
Subject Leading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act.
Relating To relating to artificial intelligence.
Title An act to add Chapter 25.1 (commencing with Section 22757.20) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to artificial intelligence.
Last Action Dt 2025-09-15
State Enrolled
Status In Desk Process
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Bill Actions
2026-01-22     Stricken from file.
2025-10-13     Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13     Vetoed by Governor.
2025-09-23     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-11     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 8. Page 3334.).
2025-09-10     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2800.).
2025-09-08     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
2025-08-29     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-18     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-17     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-16     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 15).
2025-06-11     Referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-03     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 1935.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
2025-05-23     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-23     Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-14     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-05     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-01     Read second time and amended.
2025-04-30     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 29).
2025-04-23     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-04-23     Coauthors revised.
2025-04-21     Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
2025-04-10     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-28     In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-10     Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
2025-02-21     From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Enrolled     2025-09-15
Amended Senate     2025-09-05
Amended Senate     2025-08-29
Amended Senate     2025-07-17
Amended Assembly     2025-05-23
Amended Assembly     2025-05-01
Amended Assembly     2025-04-10
Introduced     2025-02-20
Analyses TBD
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The California AI Transparency Act requires a person that creates, codes, or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that has over 1,000,000 monthly visitors or users and is publicly accessible within the geographic boundaries of the state to make available an AI detection tool at no cost to the user that, among other things, allows a user to assess whether image, video, or audio content, or content that is any combination thereof, was created or altered by the covered provider’s generative artificial intelligence system. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 prohibits certain businesses from selling or sharing the personal information of consumers if the business has actual knowledge that the consumer is less than 16 years of age, unless the consumer, if the consumer is at least 13 years of age and less than 16 years of age, or the consumer’s parent or guardian, if the consumer is less than 13 years of age, has affirmatively authorized the sale or sharing of the consumer’s personal information.

This bill, the Leading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act, would, among other things related to the use of certain artificial intelligence systems by children, prohibit a person, partnership, corporation, business entity, or state or local government agency that makes a companion chatbot available to users from making a companion chatbot available to a child unless the companion chatbot is not foreseeably capable of doing certain things that could harm a child, including encouraging the child to engage in self-harm, suicidal ideation, violence, consumption of drugs or alcohol, or disordered eating.

The act would authorize the Attorney General to recover a certain civil penalty for a violation of the bill, as prescribed. The act would authorize a child who suffers actual harm as a result of a violation of the bill, or a parent or guardian acting on behalf of that child, to bring a civil action to recover, among other relief, actual damages.

This bill would provide that its provisions are severable.