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Updated August 16, 2026

California: US state profile

A snapshot of AI governance activity in California: tracked legislation, enforcement actions, federal political money, and the labor baseline. Ask AGIS for the cross-referenced detail behind any of it.

Labor baseline

Union membership rate: 14.9% (2025). Covered by a union contract: 16.7%.

2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages excluding October; October 2025 data not collected due to the federal government shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other annual averages. Source.

Legislation

351 AI-related documents tracked.

Showing the 60 most recent of 351 tracked documents.

• Electricity: data centers. proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• Political Dynamics: Industry Lobbying and the Narrative Environment enacted
  ConveningDisclosureGovernance developmentTransparency
• Labor Market: Worker Voice, Solutions, and Displacement Policy Agenda enacted
  Access to business opportunitiesConveningDisclosure: Of AI useEvaluation: Impact assessmentGovernance developmentGovernment study or reportGovernment support: AI workforce-relatedInput controls: ConsentNew institutionPerformance requirementsSubsidies
• Affordability: Rent-Fixing, Data-Center Energy Costs, and Surveillance Pricing enacted
  Consumer goodsData centersDisclosureDiscriminationEcological harmEnergy and utilitiesFinanceFinancial lossGovernance developmentNew institutionPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsTransparencyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• Labor Market: Harms, Algorithmic Management, and Workplace Surveillance enacted
  BiasDiscriminationHarm to health/safetyManufacturingMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsTransparencyTransportationViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• Political Dynamics: Where California Voters Stand on AI enacted
  BiasDetrimental contentDiscriminationGovernance developmentGovernment study or reportPrivacyTransparencyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• Introduction: A People-First AI Agenda for California enacted
  ConveningGovernance developmentGovernment study or report
• Beyond Big Tech: An Alternative Pro-Competition Vision enacted
  Access to business opportunitiesEcological harmFinanceGovernance developmentGovernment supportGovernment support: For R&DLicensing, registration, and certificationNew institutionPilots/testbedsSubsidies
• Del Biaggio v. Bansen enacted
  AI litigationGovernment: judicial and law enforcement
• CA AB 701 Warehouse Quotas enacted
  Disclosure: In deploymentHarm to health/safetyPerformance requirementsSafetyTransparency
• Uber Deactivation Prop 22 Lawsuit proposed
  AI litigationCivil liabilityTransparencyTransportationViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• CPPA Regulations: Automated Decision-Making Technology, Risk Assessments, and Cybersecurity Audits enacted
  Civil liabilityDisclosureDisclosure: In deploymentDisclosure: Of AI useEvaluation: External auditingEvaluation: Impact assessmentEvaluation: Internal monitoringFinesInput controls: ConsentInput controls: Data useNew institutionPerformance requirementsPrivacyTransparency
• CCPA Implementing Regulations - California Attorney General (11 CCR §§ 7000-7102) enacted
  DisclosureDisclosure: In deploymentDisclosure: In standard formFinesInput controls: ConsentInput controls: Data usePerformance requirementsPrivacyTransparency
• California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) - Proposition 24 Amendments to CCPA enacted
  Civil liabilityData brokersDisclosureEvaluation: Impact assessmentFinesInput controls: ConsentInput controls: Data destructionInput controls: Data useNew institutionPrivacyTransparencyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) - Core Statute enacted
  Civil liabilityData brokersDisclosureDisclosure: Of AI useFinesInput controls: ConsentInput controls: Data destructionInput controls: Data usePrivacyTransparencyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• Agentic artificial intelligence. proposed
• CA AB1011: Social care: data privacy. proposed
  Privacy
• CA AB3139: Data privacy: vehicle manufacturers: remote vehicle technology. proposed
  Privacy
• CA SB793: Insurance: privacy notices and personal information. enacted
  FinancePrivacy
• CA AB386: California Right to Financial Privacy Act. enacted
  FinanceGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacy
• CA AB3048: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: opt-out preference signal. defunct
  Input controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA SB362: Data broker registration: accessible deletion mechanism. enacted
  Business services and analyticsLicensing, registration, and certificationPrivacy
• CA AB947: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: sensitive personal information. enacted
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB2021: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: whistleblower complaints. proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB3286: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: monetary thresholds: grants. enacted
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA SCR94: Data Privacy Week and Day. enacted
  Privacy
• CA AB1712: Personal information: data breaches. proposed
  Privacy
• CA AB1159: Student personal information. proposed
  EducationPrivacy
• CA AB1542: Sensitive personal information. proposed
  Privacy
• CA SB1104: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: data broker registration: accessible deletion mechanism. proposed
  Business services and analyticsGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedLicensing, registration, and certificationPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB364: Personal information: maintenance. defunct
  Privacy
• CA SB930: Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act: end-to-end encryption. proposed
  EducationPrivacySecurity
• CA SB435: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: sensitive personal information. proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB1824: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: opt out right: mergers. enacted
  Input controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB1833: Consumer Driving Data Protection Act of 2026. proposed
  FinancePrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA SB923: Consumer privacy requests: deletion request records and request submission methods. proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA SB354: Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act. proposed
  FinancePrivacy
• CA AB1337: Information Practices Act of 1977. proposed
  Privacy
• CA SB1223: Consumer privacy: sensitive personal information: neural data. enacted
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB1949: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2020: collection of personal information of a consumer less than 18 years of age. defunct
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB801: Student privacy: online personal information. enacted
  EducationPrivacy
• CA AB1546: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: statute of limitations. proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB1008: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: personal information. enacted
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB566: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: opt-out preference signal. enacted
  Input controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB1300: State and local government: data protection and privacy: immigration. defunct
  Government: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacy
• CA AB2677: Information Practices Act of 1977. defunct
  Privacy
• CA SB299: Personal information: minors: internet website: connected devices. defunct
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• CA SB1172: Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act. enacted
  EducationPrivacy
• CA AB2486: California Privacy Rights Act of 2020: Office for the Protection of Children Online. proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• CA AB981: Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act. proposed
  FinancePrivacy
• CA SB561: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: consumer remedies. defunct
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB2871: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: exemptions. proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB1262: Information privacy: other connected device with a voice recognition feature. defunct
  Privacy
• CA AB1490: California Privacy Rights Act of 2020: California Privacy Protection Agency. defunct
  Privacy
• CA AB1758: Consumer privacy. defunct
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA SB1454: California Privacy Rights Act of 2020: exemptions. proposed
  Privacy
• CA AB873: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB1416: Business: collection and disclosures of consumer personal information. proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• CA AB384: Information privacy: digital health feedback systems. proposed
  Medicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• CA AB2719: California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations

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Enforcement

• California v. Sephora (CCPA sale of data)
  Respondent: Sephora USA, Inc.settledPenalty: $1,200,000August 24, 2022

Money

$30,354,860 in tracked political contributions across 18,974 records.

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