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Reporting 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.
Signed by the governor; Chapter 185, Statutes of 2026Sep 10 2 months ago
- Body
- California Legislature
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- Feb 13
- Takes effect
- Jan 1, 2027in 7 weeks
- Votes
- Assembly 75-0, Senate 39-0, Assembly concurrence 78-0
- Sponsors
- D (Democrat)Democrat
Timeline
Sep 10 2 months ago
Aug 26 2 months ago
May 26 5 months ago
Feb 13 9 months ago
Sponsors
- D (Democrat)Assemblymember Wicks
- D (Democrat)Assemblymember Krell
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Change log
- AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27
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