2026 California AI Legislative Tracker

Monitor the status of critical AI legislation in California. This tracker is updated weekly to reflect the latest amendments, vetoes, and enactments.

Bills Enacted

Bills Pending

Bills Vetoed

Bill ID	Title	Status	Category	Impact	Summary
SB-53	The Transparency in Frontier AI Act	Enacted Jan 1, 2026	Safety	High	Mandates safety frameworks, kill switches, and annual audits for 'Frontier Models' (>10^26 FLOPs).
AB-2013	Generative AI Training Data Transparency	Enacted Jan 1, 2026	Transparency	High	Requires developers to disclose data sources used to train GenAI models. The 'Nutritional Label' for AI.
SB-942	The AI Watermarking Act	Enacted Jan 1, 2026	Consumer Protection	Medium	Mandates manifest (visible) and latent (invisible) provenance disclosures for AI-generated content.
AB-3030	Healthcare AI Disclosure	Enacted Jan 1, 2026	Healthcare	High	Requires healthcare providers to disclose when GenAI is used to generate patient communications.
AB-489	AI Medical Misrepresentation	Enacted Jan 1, 2026	Healthcare	Medium	Prohibits AI avatars from implying medical licensure (e.g., wearing white coats) without clear disclosure.
SB-1120	Physicians Make Decisions Act	Enacted Jan 1, 2026	Insurance	High	Restricts AI from being the final decision-maker in health insurance claim denials. Requires human review.
SB-1047	Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier AI Models Act	Vetoed N/A	Safety	N/A	Would have required safety testing for large models. Vetoed by Governor Newsom in favor of SB 53.
AB-1008	CCPA Data Deletion for AI	Pending TBD	Privacy	High	Clarifies that 'deletion' under CCPA includes removing data from AI training sets/models.

Last Updated: January 27, 2026. Source: California Legislative Information.