AI and data laws

311 moving · 704 enacted

CaliforniaCaliforniaBillAB 222

Data Centers: Energy Usage Reporting and Efficiency

Would have required data center owners to report power usage effectiveness to the Energy Commission and required developers of covered AI models to estimate the energy used to develop them.

FailedIntroducedCommitteeFloorLawFailed

Held under submission in Senate Appropriations Committee; did not advanceAug 29, 2025 1 year ago

Body
California Legislature
Session
2025-2026
Introduced
Jan 8, 2025
Votes
Assembly 57-18
Sponsors
D (Democrat)Democrat

Timeline

  1. Aug 29, 2025 1 year ago

    Held in committee under submission

  2. Jun 2, 2025 1 year ago

    Passed Assembly (57-18)

  3. Jan 8, 2025 1 year ago

    Introduced

Sponsors

  • D (Democrat)Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan
California

Employment: Automated Decision Systems

Would require employers to give notice about automated decision systems used in employment decisions and bar retaliation against workers who assert their rights, enforced by the Labor Commissioner.

Enacted
California
CaliforniaAB 2575unverified

AB 2575

This bill would have protected nurses from disciplinary action when overriding unsafe artificial intelligence clinical recommendations.

Vetoed
California
CaliforniaSB 1000

California AI Transparency Act Revisions

Would recast the California AI Transparency Act, removing the user threshold for covered providers and replacing AI detection tools with disclosure verification tools, as an urgency statute.

Enacted
California
CaliforniaSB 1111

Digital Replicas

Would clarify that the right of publicity and false impersonation laws cover digital replicas of a person's voice or likeness.

Enacted

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.