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California 20252026

SB 867

Toys: companion chatbots.

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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
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Toys, companionchatbots
Introduced / first action
2026-01-05 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law regulates the sale, manufacture, and exchange of toys in the state and prohibits the manufacture, sale, or exchange, possession with intent to sell or exchange, and exposition or offer for sale or exchange to a retailer a toy that is contaminated with a toxic substance, as provided. Violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. Existing law requires an operator of a companion chatbot platform, as defined, to issue a clear and conspicuous notification indicating that the companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human if a reasonable person interacting with a companion chatbot would be misled to believe that the person is interacting with a human. For these purposes, existing law defines a "companion chatbot" to mean an artificial intelligence system with a natural language interface that provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs and is capable of meeting a user's social needs, including by exhibiting anthropomorphic features and being able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions. Existing law also requires an operator to take certain actions with respect to a user the operator knows is a minor, including to disclose to the user that the user is interacting with artificial intelligence. Violation of these provisions is subject to civil liability. This bill would, until January 1, 2031, prohibit the manufacture, sale, exchange, possession with intent to sell or exchange, and exposition or offer for sale or exchange to a retailer a toy, as defined, that includes a companion chatbot, and would make violations of the bill subject to the same civil liability as violations of the provisions applicable to operators of companion chatbots in the above-described paragraph.

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Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 189, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. Approved by the Governor.

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  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  7. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. Read third time and amended.

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  9. Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended.

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  12. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  13. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  14. July 1 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. Coauthors revised.

  17. Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and APPR.

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  18. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  19. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4525.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  20. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  21. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  23. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4254.) (May 14).

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  24. Set for hearing May 14.

  25. April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  26. Set for hearing April 20.

  27. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3741.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  28. Set for hearing April 6.

  29. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.

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  30. Referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P. and APPR.

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  31. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 5.

  32. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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