California AI Law Tracker

The California AI Law Tracker is a dated list of California laws, bills, court rules, State Bar guidance, and agency regulations that deal with artificial intelligence. Each entry gives the official citation, its status, key dates, a short plain-English summary, and a link to the official text.

Last updated . Tracking 38 items: 27 laws, 2 other bills, 4 vetoed bills, 2 court rules, 2 State Bar items, and 1 regulation.

Summaries are general information only. They describe what each source says and are not legal advice. Read the official text for the full details.

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  • Type: law, bill, court rule, court standard, State Bar guidance, State Bar proposal, or regulation.
  • Status: where the item stood on the "Last updated" date, such as enacted, sent to the Governor, vetoed, adopted, or proposed.
  • Last official action: the date of the most recent step on the official record.
  • Takes effect: when the item starts to apply, if the official source gives a date.
  • Source checked: the date we last compared the entry with its official source.

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Enacted laws and statutes

SB 574 (2026): Attorneys, arbitrators, and generative AI

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026. Approved by the Governor on September 30, 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 858; adds Bus. & Prof. Code § 6068.1, Code Civ. Proc. §§ 180, 1282.1; amends Code Civ. Proc. § 128.7, Bus. & Prof. Code § 6173
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2027
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Once in effect, bars attorneys from delegating the practice of law to generative AI and requires confidentiality safeguards and verification of AI outputs, including citations.

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SB 947 (2026): Automated decision systems in employment

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026. Approved by the Governor on September 30, 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 859; adds Lab. Code § 1520 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2027; operative July 1, 2027
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Limits employer uses of automated decision systems beginning July 1, 2027. Once in effect, also gives employees data rights for ADS-driven discipline or termination.

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SB 1000 (2026): AI Transparency Act revisions

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026. In effect since September 30, 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 861; amends Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 22757.1 to 22757.5; adds and repeals § 22757.4.1
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  • Takes effect: Effective September 30, 2026 on enactment (urgency statute)
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Recasts the AI Transparency Act, including removing the user threshold for covered providers and renaming the detection tool a disclosure verification tool.

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AB 1883 (2026): Workplace surveillance tools

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026. Approved by the Governor on September 30, 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 853; adds Lab. Code § 1580 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2027
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Once in effect, bars employers, with exceptions, from using AI workplace surveillance tools that collect neural data or recognize a worker's emotional state.

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AB 1979 (2026): Clinical decision support and AI

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026. Approved by the Governor on September 30, 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 854; adds Bus. & Prof. Code § 22758.5 et seq.; amends Civ. Code §§ 56.05, 56.06
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2027
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Once in effect, requires health providers to ensure licensed professionals keep independent judgment when care is informed by clinical decision support system output.

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AB 1609 (2026): Customer service chatbots

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 733; Bus. & Prof. Code § 22625 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2027
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Beginning in 2027, bars large private businesses from representing customer service chatbots as human and requires access to a human agent during business hours.

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SB 1050 (2026): Synthetic performers in advertising

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 246; Bus. & Prof. Code § 17610 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2027
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Beginning in 2027, makes it unlawful to publish an advertisement prominently featuring a synthetic performer without a clear and conspicuous disclosure.

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SB 243 (2025): Companion chatbots

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect. SB 1119 (2026) changes it starting in 2027.
  • Citation: Stats. 2025, ch. 677; Bus. & Prof. Code § 22601 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2026
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Requires companion chatbot operators to disclose that the chatbot is AI when a user could be misled and to maintain suicide and self-harm protocols.

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SB 1119 (2026): Companion chatbots and child safety

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 190; Bus. & Prof. Code § 21810 et seq.; amends § 22602
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2027; operator duties from July 1, 2027
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Beginning July 1, 2027, requires companion chatbot operators to perform documented child-safety risk assessments and meet other duties before releasing new or changed chatbots.

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AB 1405 (2026): AI auditor registration

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 178; Gov. Code § 11549.80 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2027; registry due January 1, 2029
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Directs the Government Operations Agency to create an AI Auditor Registry by January 1, 2029 and bars unregistered covered AI audits from that date.

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SB 813 (2026): Independent AI verification organizations

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 179; Gov. Code § 8898 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2027; agency framework due January 1, 2028
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Directs the Government Operations Agency to set up, by January 1, 2028, a system for designating independent organizations that assess AI system risks.

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AB 1651 (2026): State Bar AI disclosures

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted in 2026. Applies from January 1, 2028.
  • Citation: Stats. 2026, ch. 116; Bus. & Prof. Code § 6060.15
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2027; operative January 1, 2028
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Beginning in 2028, requires the State Bar to disclose AI-generated content in developing or giving bar exams and in study materials it publishes or endorses.

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SB 942 (2024): California AI Transparency Act

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect since August 2, 2026.
  • Citation: Stats. 2024, ch. 291; Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2025; operative August 2, 2026
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Requires covered generative AI providers to offer a free disclosure verification tool and, where technically feasible, include latent disclosures in AI-created or altered image, video, and audio content.

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AB 316 (2025): AI and civil defenses

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2025, ch. 672; Civ. Code § 1714.46
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2026
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In a lawsuit, bars a defendant who developed, modified, or used AI from arguing the AI autonomously caused the harm. Other defenses remain available.

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AB 853 (2025): AI Transparency Act amendments

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2025, ch. 674; amends Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 22757.1, 22757.4, 22757.6; adds §§ 22757.3.1 to 22757.3.3
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2026; Act operative August 2, 2026; platform duties from January 1, 2027
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Sets August 2, 2026 as the AI Transparency Act's operative date and adds provenance-detection duties for large online platforms beginning January 1, 2027.

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AB 489 (2025): AI and health care license terms

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2025, ch. 615; Bus. & Prof. Code § 4999.8 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2026
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Applies bans on terms implying a health care license to AI developers and deployers whose tools use those terms in advertising or functionality.

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SB 524 (2025): AI-drafted police reports

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2025, ch. 587; Pen. Code § 13663
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2026
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Requires law enforcement agencies to have policies requiring disclosure and officer signature on official reports written fully or partly with AI.

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SB 53 (2025): Transparency in Frontier AI Act

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2025, ch. 138; Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757.10 et seq.; Gov. Code § 11546.8; Lab. Code § 1107 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2026
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Requires large frontier AI developers to publish a frontier AI framework describing how they assess and manage catastrophic risks, among other safety provisions.

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SB 896 (2024): Generative AI Accountability Act

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2024, ch. 928; Gov. Code § 11549.63 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2025
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Directs state agencies to report on and assess risks of generative AI use by state government, including threats to critical infrastructure.

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AB 2013 (2024): AI training data transparency

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2024, ch. 817; Civ. Code § 3110 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2025
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Requires developers of generative AI systems released since 2022 and offered to Californians to post documentation about the data used to train them.

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SB 1120 (2024): AI in health plan utilization review

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2024, ch. 879; amends Health & Saf. Code § 1367.01 and Ins. Code § 10123.135
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2025
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Sets requirements for health plans and insurers that use AI, algorithms, or other software tools in utilization review or utilization management.

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AB 3030 (2024): Generative AI in patient communications

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2024, ch. 848; Health & Saf. Code § 1339.75 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2025
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Requires health facilities and practices using generative AI for patient clinical communications to include an AI disclaimer and instructions for reaching a human provider.

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AB 2885 (2024): Definition of artificial intelligence

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2024, ch. 843; amends Bus. & Prof. Code § 22675, Educ. Code § 75002, Gov. Code §§ 11546.45.5, 11547.5, 53083.1
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2025
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Adds a uniform definition of artificial intelligence to several existing California code sections.

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AB 2602 (2024): Digital replicas in performance contracts

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2024, ch. 259; Lab. Code § 927
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2025
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Makes some contract terms unenforceable when they allow a digital replica of a person's voice or likeness to replace their work under specified conditions.

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AB 1836 (2024): Digital replicas of deceased personalities

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2024, ch. 258; amends Civ. Code § 3344.1
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2025
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Creates liability for producing or distributing a digital replica of a deceased personality's voice or likeness in audiovisual works or sound recordings without required consent.

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AB 2355 (2024): AI in political advertisements

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect.
  • Citation: Stats. 2024, ch. 260; adds Gov. Code § 84514 and amends §§ 84504 to 84504.5
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2025
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Requires political committees to disclose when a qualified political advertisement was generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence.

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SB 1001 (2018): Bot disclosure

  • Type: Law
  • Status: Enacted. In effect since July 1, 2019.
  • Citation: Stats. 2018, ch. 892; Bus. & Prof. Code § 17940 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2019; operative July 1, 2019
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Bars using an undisclosed online bot to mislead people in California about its artificial identity to drive a sale or sway a vote.

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Other 2025-2026 bills

AB 1018: Automated decision systems

  • Type: Bill
  • Status: Last action on August 30, 2026: ordered to third reading in the Senate. No Senate vote was recorded by August 31, 2026.
  • Citation: AB 1018 (2025-2026 Reg. Sess.); would add Bus. & Prof. Code § 22756 et seq., Civ. Code § 51.1.1, Gov. Code § 12959 et seq.
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Would regulate development and deployment of automated decision systems used to make consequential decisions about people.

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SB 833: Human oversight of AI in critical infrastructure

  • Type: Bill
  • Status: Held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on August 13, 2026.
  • Citation: SB 833 (2025-2026 Reg. Sess.); would add Gov. Code §§ 8592.51, 8592.52
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Would require state agencies responsible for critical infrastructure to have humans monitor covered AI systems in real time and approve proposed actions, with exceptions.

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Vetoed bills (2025-2026 session)

SB 903: AI in psychotherapy services

  • Type: Bill
  • Status: Vetoed by the Governor.
  • Citation: SB 903 (2025-2026 Reg. Sess.); would add Bus. & Prof. Code § 4989.80 et seq.
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Would have limited AI in psychotherapy services to administrative or supplementary support, with further restrictions on AI use. The Governor vetoed it.

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SB 7: Automated decision systems in employment

  • Type: Bill
  • Status: Vetoed by the Governor.
  • Citation: SB 7 (2025-2026 Reg. Sess.)
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Would have required employer notice and human review for automated decision systems in employment decisions. The Governor vetoed it.

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SB 11: Digital replicas

  • Type: Bill
  • Status: Vetoed by the Governor.
  • Citation: SB 11 (2025-2026 Reg. Sess.)
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Would have addressed digital replicas, including treating impersonation by digital replica as false impersonation and updating likeness rights. The Governor vetoed it.

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AB 1064: LEAD for Kids Act

  • Type: Bill
  • Status: Vetoed by the Governor.
  • Citation: AB 1064 (2025-2026 Reg. Sess.)
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Would have barred making companion chatbots available to children unless they could not foreseeably engage in specified harmful conduct. The Governor vetoed it.

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Court rules and Judicial Council actions

Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.430: Generative AI use policies

  • Type: Court rule
  • Status: Adopted. In effect since September 1, 2025.
  • Citation: Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.430 (adopted eff. Sept. 1, 2025)
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  • Takes effect: Effective September 1, 2025; court policies due December 15, 2025
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Requires California courts that allow generative AI use to adopt a use policy by December 15, 2025 covering confidentiality, bias, and accuracy.

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Standard 10.80: Generative AI use by judicial officers

  • Type: Court standard
  • Status: Adopted. In effect since September 1, 2025.
  • Citation: Cal. Stds. Jud. Admin., std. 10.80 (adopted eff. Sept. 1, 2025)
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  • Takes effect: Effective September 1, 2025
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Gives judicial officers guidelines for using generative AI in adjudicative tasks, including confidentiality, bias, and verifying accuracy of AI material.

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State Bar of California guidance

Proposed AI amendments to Rules of Professional Conduct

  • Type: State Bar proposal
  • Status: Proposed (public comment). The second public comment period closed August 6, 2026. Not adopted as of October 10, 2026.
  • Citation: State Bar of Cal., COPRAC proposed comment amendments to Cal. Rules of Prof. Conduct, rules 1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 3.3, 5.1, 5.3
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Proposed comment changes addressing lawyers' AI use, including verifying cited authorities and AI-related confidentiality. Any adoption requires California Supreme Court approval.

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State Bar Practical Guidance on Generative AI (2026)

  • Type: State Bar guidance
  • Status: Approved May 14, 2026. Replaces the 2023 guidance.
  • Citation: State Bar of Cal., COPRAC, Practical Guidance for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law (2026)
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State Bar practical guidance on how existing ethics duties apply to lawyers' use of generative and agentic AI, covering competence, confidentiality, supervision, fees, and candor.

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Agency regulations

CPPA automated decisionmaking technology regulations

  • Type: Regulation
  • Status: Approved. Effective January 1, 2026. Automated decisionmaking rules apply from January 1, 2027.
  • Citation: Cal. Code Regs., tit. 11, § 7001(e) (ADMT definition) and art. 11, § 7200 et seq.
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  • Takes effect: Effective January 1, 2026; ADMT compliance from January 1, 2027
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CCPA regulations requiring businesses that use automated decisionmaking technology for significant decisions to meet notice, opt-out, and access requirements beginning January 1, 2027.

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How we build this tracker

We list only items we can confirm on an official source: California Legislative Information (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov), the California Courts website (courts.ca.gov), the State Bar of California (calbar.ca.gov), and the California Privacy Protection Agency (cppa.ca.gov). Each entry links to that source and shows the date we last checked it.

When we update an entry, we log the change under Recent changes with its date.

If we cannot confirm an item on an official source, it does not appear here. The tracker covers selected items. It does not list every California AI law or bill.

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