California SB1119: Companion chatbots: children’s safety.

What the bill says

An act to amend Section 22602 of, and to add Chapter 11.6 (commencing with Section 21810) to Division 8 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to artificial intelligence. artificial intelligence Companion chatbots: children’s safety. Existing law generally regulates artificial intelligence, including companion chatbots, as defined…

From the chaptered text, September 10, 2026:

An act to amend Section 22602 of, and to add Chapter 11.6 (commencing with Section 21810) to Division 8 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to artificial intelligence. artificial intelligence Companion chatbots: children’s safety. Existing law generally regulates artificial intelligence, including companion chatbots, as defined. Existing law requires an operator, as defined, 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. Existing law requires an operator, for a user the operator knows is a minor, to take certain prescribed action, including disclosing to the user that the user is interacting with artificial intelligence. This bill would delete those provisions imposing requirements on an operator if the operator knows the user is a minor. The Digital Age Assurance Act requires a person who owns, maintains, or controls a software application, as defined, to request age bracket data sent by a real-time secure application programming interface or operating system with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the application is downloaded and launched. This bill would require an operator, as defined, of a companion chatbot to, beginning July 1, 2027, before making a new or substantially modified …

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Sponsors

• Padilla, Stephen (D, SD18) · primary sponsor
• Buffy Wicks (D, AD14) · primary sponsor
• Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D, AD16) · primary sponsor
• Ash Kalra (D, AD25)
• Kate Sanchez (R, AD71)
• Jesse Arreguín (D, SD07)
• Dave Cortese (D, SD15)
• Aisha Wahab (D)
• Josh Lowenthal (D, AD69)

Latest actions

1. September 10, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 190, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 10, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 9, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
4. August 31, 2026: Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 7037.) Ordered to the Senate.
5. August 31, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
6. August 31, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
7. August 31, 2026: Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
8. August 31, 2026: In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
9. August 28, 2026: Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 1. Page 6819.)
10. August 28, 2026: Ordered to third reading.

Votes

• W/O REF. TO FILE SB1119 Padilla (August 31, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• SB 1119 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Wicks (August 31, 2026): 69 yea, 4 nay, passed
• Do pass. (August 13, 2026): 11 yea, 1 nay, passed
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (July 1, 2026): 12 yea, 2 nay, passed
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] (June 16, 2026): 10 yea, 1 nay, passed
• Senate 3rd Reading SB1119 Padilla et al. (May 19, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB1119?

SB1119 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Companion chatbots: children’s safety.

What does SB1119 do?

In its own words: An act to amend Section 22602 of, and to add Chapter 11.6 (commencing with Section 21810) to Division 8 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to artificial intelligence. artificial intelligence Companion chatbots: children’s safety. Existing law generally regulates artificial intelligence, including companion chatbots, as defined…

What is the status of SB1119?

Chaptered as of September 10, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 190, Statutes of 2026. (September 10, 2026).

Who sponsored SB1119?

Padilla, Stephen (D, SD18), with 8 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB1119?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1119