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Aug 31 2026

California's legislature adjourns having passed 26 AI bills, 24 now before Newsom with a September 30th deadline

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SB 813 (third-party AI safety assessments, 37-0), SB 947 (worker protections), SB 951 (90-day displacement notice), SB 1119 (chatbot safety), AB 1405 (auditor ) among them; AB 1018 (automated decisions) and SB 300 (explicit chatbot content) failed.

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