California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB1111: Digital replicas.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 3344 of the Civil Code, and to add Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 540) to Title 13 of Part 1 of the Penal Code, relating to digital replicas. digital replicas Digital replicas. Existing law creates a civil cause of action against any person who knowingly uses the name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness of another person, without their consent, for specified purposes…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Section 3344 of the Civil Code, and to add Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 540) to Title 13 of Part 1 of the Penal Code, relating to digital replicas. digital replicas Digital replicas. Existing law creates a civil cause of action against any person who knowingly uses the name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness of another person, without their consent, for specified purposes. When a photograph or likeness of an employee of the person using the photograph or likeness appearing in an advertisement or other publication is incidental and not essential to the purpose of the publication, existing law establishes a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence that failure to obtain the consent of an employee was not a knowing use of an employee’s photograph or likeness. This bill would clarify that, for purposes of this cause of action, a voice or likeness includes a digital replica, defined to mean a computer-generated, highly realistic electronic representation that is readily identifiable as the voice or visual likeness of an individual in which the actual individual either did not actually perform or appear, or the actual individual did perform or appear, but the fundamental character of the performance or appearance has been materially altered. The bill would also remove the provisions establishing the rebuttable presumption when …
Sponsors
- Angelique Ashby (D, SD08) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 862, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- : Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6775.) Ordered to the Senate.
- : In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).
- : Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- : August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Votes
- SB 1111 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan (August 28, 2026): 77 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do pass. (August 13, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 30, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] (June 16, 2026): 14 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate 3rd Reading SB1111 Ashby (April 30, 2026): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass (April 21, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1111?
- SB1111 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Digital replicas.
- What does SB1111 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Section 3344 of the Civil Code, and to add Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 540) to Title 13 of Part 1 of the Penal Code, relating to digital replicas. digital replicas Digital replicas. Existing law creates a civil cause of action against any person who knowingly uses the name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness of another person, without their consent, for specified purposes…
- What is the status of SB1111?
- Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 862, Statutes of 2026. (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1111?
- Angelique Ashby (D, SD08).
- Where is the official record for SB1111?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1111
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