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California 20252026

AB 2246

Online service, product, or feature: access by children.

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

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Onlineservice,product,orfeature, accessbychildren
Introduced / first action
2026-02-19 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Youth Social Media Protection Act: report.
  • Cannabis.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, requires a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to comply with certain requirements, including, among other things, prohibiting the business from collecting, selling, sharing, or retaining any personal information that is not necessary to provide the online service, product, or feature, except as specified. Existing law imposes specified civil penalties upon a business that violates these provisions. This bill would repeal the above-described act and would instead impose similar provisions without the above-referenced exceptions and would impose civil penalties for a violation of these provisions. The bill would require a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to take reasonable steps to prevent specified risks of harm to children. The bill would authorize a child to void any provision of a contract that was entered into by the child or their parent or guardian as a result of a design feature of the online service, product, or feature. The bill would authorize the Attorney General or a public prosecutor to bring a civil action for a violation of these provisions, as specified.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, 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 73. Noes 1.).

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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. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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

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  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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

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

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  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1.)

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  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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

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

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  21. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  22. Measure version as amended on April 23 corrected.

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  23. Read second time and amended.

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  24. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 21).

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  25. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  26. Coauthors revised.

  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 22.

  33. Read first time. To print.

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