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Authors Krell  
Subject Artificial intelligence: defenses.
Relating To relating to civil actions.
Title An act to add Section 1714.46 to the Civil Code, relating to civil actions.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-13
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Bill Actions
2025-10-13     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 672, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-16     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-09     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3102.).
2025-09-08     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2621.).
2025-09-03     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-07-07     In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-25     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-28     Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.
2025-05-20     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-19     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 1595.)
2025-05-08     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-07     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 6).
2025-04-29     Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
2025-04-28     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-26     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
2025-02-10     Referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P.
2025-01-27     Read first time.
2025-01-25     From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
2025-01-24     Introduced. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-13
Enrolled     2025-09-11
Amended Senate     2025-09-02
Amended Assembly     2025-04-28
Introduced     2025-01-24
Analyses TBD
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Existing law provides that everyone is responsible not only for the result of their willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person.

Existing law requires the developer of a generative artificial intelligence system or service that is released on or after January 1, 2022, and made publicly available to Californians for use, to post on the developer's internet website documentation regarding the data used by the developer to train the generative artificial intelligence system or service. Existing law defines “artificial intelligence” for these purposes.

This bill would prohibit a defendant who developed, modified, or used artificial intelligence, as defined, from asserting a defense that the artificial intelligence autonomously caused the harm to the plaintiff.