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CaliforniaCaliforniaLawSB 976
Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act
Bars platforms from giving minors addictive algorithmic feeds without parental consent and limits notifications to minors overnight and during school hours.
Ninth Circuit largely upheld denial of a preliminary injunction; like-count provision enjoinedSep 9, 2025 1 year ago
- Body
- California Legislature
- Session
- 2023-2024
- Introduced
- Jan 29, 2024
- In effect since
- Jan 1, 20251 year ago
- Votes
- Senate 35-2, Assembly 47-4, Senate concurrence 28-2
- Sponsors
- D (Democrat)Democrat
Timeline
Sep 9, 2025 1 year ago
Sep 20, 2024 2 years ago
Aug 31, 2024 2 years ago
May 20, 2024 2 years ago
Jan 29, 2024 2 years ago
Sponsors
- D (Democrat)Senator Skinner
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Requires companion chatbot operators, beginning July 1, 2027, to perform and document child safety risk assessments and meet other child safety duties before offering new or substantially modified chatbots in California.
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Repeals the enjoined Age-Appropriate Design Code Act and replaces it with similar duties requiring online services likely to be accessed by children to take reasonable steps to prevent specified risks of harm.
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Amends the Digital Age Assurance Act to revise how operating systems collect age information and send age signals to app stores and app developers.
CaliforniaReporting Mechanism: Child Sexual Abuse Material
Expands social media platform reporting duties for child sexual abuse material to cover intimate depictions of identifiable minors and makes noncompliant platforms liable to depicted individuals.
CaliforniaToys: Companion Chatbots
Bans the manufacture or sale in California of toys that include a companion chatbot until January 1, 2031.
Change log
- AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27
Summaries of public legislative records, executive actions and court rulings, for reference, not legal advice. Check the official page linked on each item. First seen 2026-09-27. Checked against the official source.