California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB1276: Crimes: sexual exploitation of a child.
Status: Chaptered, September 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 311.3 and 11165.1 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes. crimes Crimes: sexual exploitation of a child…
From the chaptered text, September 10, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 311.3 and 11165.1 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes. crimes Crimes: sexual exploitation of a child. Under existing law, a person is guilty of sexual exploitation of a child if the person knowingly develops, duplicates, prints, or exchanges any representation of information, data, or image, including, but not limited to, any film, filmstrip, photograph, negative, slide, photocopy, videotape, video laser disc, computer hardware, computer software, computer floppy disc, data storage media, CD-ROM, or computer-generated equipment or any other computer-generated image that contains or incorporates in any manner, any film or filmstrip that depicts a person under 18 years of age engaged in an act of sexual conduct, as defined. Existing law makes a violation of this section punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony, as specified. This bill would, except as specified, make a person guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony if the person knowingly does any of the above-described actions, or downloads, streams, or accesses through electronic or digital media the above-described sexual conduct, knowing that the matter depicts a person under 18 years of age engaged in an act of sexual conduct. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, requires a mandated reporter, as …
Sponsors
- Susan Rubio (D, SD22) · primary sponsor
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D, AD16)
- Alexandra Macedo (R, AD33)
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 192, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- : Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6076.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- : Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- : Ordered to special consent calendar.
- : In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6476.) Ordered to the Senate.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Votes
- Special Consent SB1276 Rubio et al. (August 28, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- SB 1276 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan (August 25, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended. (August 13, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (July 1, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] (June 23, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Special Consent SB1276 Rubio (May 22, 2026): 33 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1276?
- SB1276 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Crimes: sexual exploitation of a child.
- What does SB1276 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Sections 311.3 and 11165.1 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes. crimes Crimes: sexual exploitation of a child…
- What is the status of SB1276?
- Chaptered as of September 10, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 192, Statutes of 2026. (September 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1276?
- Susan Rubio (D, SD22), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1276?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1276
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