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California 20252026

AB 1709

Covered platforms: age restriction: e-Safety Advisory Commission.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Coveredplatforms, agerestriction, e-SafetyAdvisoryCommission
Introduced / first action
2026-02-04 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Social media: minimum age requirement.
  • Covered platforms: account creation: age restriction.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, prohibits an operator of an addictive internet-based service or application from providing an addictive feed, as defined, to a user unless the operator does not have actual knowledge that the user is a minor, as specified, or the operator has obtained verifiable parental consent to provide an addictive feed to the user who is a minor. Existing law, the Digital Age Assurance Act, beginning January 1, 2027, requires a person who owns, maintains, or controls a software application, as defined, to request age bracket data sent by a real-time secure application programming interface or operating system with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the application is downloaded and launched. This bill would prohibit a covered platform, as defined, from providing an addictive feature, as defined, to a user who is under 16 years of age and would require a covered platform to implement reasonable measures to ensure that users under 16 years of age are not offered or provided any addictive feature on the covered platform. The bill would also authorize the Attorney General to adopt regulations to implement and enforce the bill in order to further the purpose of protecting minors online, including by altering the scope of "covered platform" if the Attorney General determines that doing so is necessary to ensure that "covered platform" applies to internet websites, online services, online applications, or mobile applications that make addictive features, as defined, available to users under 16 years of age. This bill would impose a civil penalty upon a noncompliant platform and would require its provisions to be enforced by a civil action brought only by the Attorney General or a local public prosecutor, as specified. This bill would also establish the e-Safety Advisory Commission within the Department of Justice as an independent advisory body that is only for administrative purposes to advise state government on certain matters related to online safety and would require the commission to, on or before January 1 of each year, report to the Legislature and the Governor on, among other things, its activities under the bill.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 183, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. Approved by the Governor.

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  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.

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  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

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  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  12. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30).

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  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  16. Referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P. and JUD.

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  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5532.)

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  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 14).

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  21. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)

  22. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  23. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. Read second time and amended.

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  25. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21).

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  26. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  27. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  28. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.

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  29. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  30. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.

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  31. Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.

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  32. From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.

  33. Read first time. To print.

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