California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB 300
Companion chatbots.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Padilla (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary
Existing law requires that if a reasonable person interacting with a companion chatbot, as defined, would be misled to believe that the person is interacting with a human, an operator of a companion chatbot platform must issue a clear and conspicuous notification indicating that the companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human. Existing law requires a chatbot operator to maintain a protocol for preventing the production of suicidal ideation, suicide, or self-harm content to the user, as specified, and would require an operator to publish details on that protocol on the operator's internet website. Existing law requires an operator to take certain actions with respect to a user the operator knows is a minor, including instituting reasonable measures to prevent the companion chatbot from producing sexually explicit visual material or proposing sexually explicit conduct.
This bill would instead require a companion chatbot operator to take the above actions when it has constructive knowledge that a user is a minor. This bill would instead require an operator to prevent its companion chatbot from producing or facilitating the exchange of any sexually explicit material or proposing sexually explicit conduct.
Text versions
- 01/05/26 - Amended Senate· Jan 5, 2026
- 04/01/25 - Amended Senate· Apr 1, 2025
- 02/10/25 - Introduced· Feb 10, 2025
- SB300
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 8:07 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 House | Do pass. | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jul 1, 2026 House | Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jan 26, 2026 Senate | 3rd Reading | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jan 13, 2026 Senate | Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] | pass | Set your home in California to see |
Actions
- Aug 30, 2026 · House
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. - Aug 13, 2026 · House
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - Aug 13, 2026 · House
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 13). - Aug 13, 2026 · House
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. - Aug 5, 2026 · House
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - Jul 2, 2026 · House
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. - May 11, 2026 · House
Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. - Jan 26, 2026 · House
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. - Jan 26, 2026 · Senate
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3279.) Ordered to the Assembly. - Jan 21, 2026 · Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. - Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Set for hearing January 20. - Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3213.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. - Jan 6, 2026 · Senate
Set for hearing January 13. - Jan 5, 2026 · Senate
Re-referred to Com. on JUD. - Jan 5, 2026 · Senate
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. - Jan 5, 2026 · Senate
Withdrawn from committee. - Jan 5, 2026 · Senate
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. - Apr 25, 2025 · Senate
April 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - Apr 4, 2025 · Senate
Set for hearing April 29. - Apr 1, 2025 · Senate
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. - Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. - Feb 11, 2025 · Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13. - Feb 10, 2025 · Senate
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.