California Assembly Bill 853
Session 20252026
California AI Transparency Act.
Became Law
Became Law on Oct 13, 2025
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
853
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
AB 853 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Ávila Farías
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Summary
The California AI Transparency Act requires a person that creates, codes, or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that has over 1,000,000 monthly visitors or users and is publicly accessible within the geographic boundaries of the state to make available an AI detection tool at no cost to the user that, among other things, allows a user to assess whether image, video, or audio content, or content that is a combination thereof, was created or altered by that person's generative artificial intelligence system and outputs any system provenance data that is detected in the content. Existing law makes the California AI Transparency Act operative on January 1, 2026.
This bill would delay the operation of the California AI Transparency Act until August 2, 2026.
This bill would, beginning January 1, 2027, additionally require a large online platform, as defined, to, among other things related to the provenance of content on the platform, detect whether any provenance data that is compliant with widely adopted specifications adopted by an established standards-setting body is embedded into or attached to content distributed on the large online platform. The bill would also require, beginning January 1, 2028, a capture device manufacturer, with respect to any capture device the capture device manufacturer first produced for sale in the state on or after January 1, 2028, to, among other things, provide a user with the option to include a latent disclosure in content captured by the capture device that conveys certain information, including the name of the capture device manufacturer. The bill would define "capture device" to mean a device that can record photographs, audio, or video content, including, but not limited to, video and still photography cameras, mobile phones with built-in cameras or microphones, and voice recorders.
Existing law requires a covered provider to include a latent disclosure in AI-generated image, video, or audio content, or content that is any combination thereof, created by the covered provider's GenAI system that, among other things, conveys certain information and is permanent or extraordinarily difficult to remove, to the extent it is technically feasible.
This bill would, beginning January 1, 2027, prohibit a GenAI system hosting platform, as defined, from knowingly making available a GenAI system that does not place disclosures, pursuant to those provisions.
This bill would declare that its provisions are severable.
02/19/25 - Introduced
February 19, 2025
03/28/25 - Amended Assembly
March 28, 2025
05/23/25 - Amended Assembly
May 23, 2025
07/17/25 - Amended Senate
July 17, 2025
09/05/25 - Amended Senate
September 5, 2025
09/16/25 - Enrolled
September 16, 2025
10/13/25 - Chaptered
October 13, 2025
04/18/25- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection
April 18, 2025
04/24/25- Assembly Judiciary
April 24, 2025
05/05/25- Assembly Appropriations
May 5, 2025
05/28/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 28, 2025
07/11/25- Senate Judiciary
July 11, 2025
08/15/25- Senate Appropriations
August 15, 2025
08/29/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 29, 2025
09/08/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
September 8, 2025
09/12/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 12, 2025
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10/13/2025
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 674, Statutes of 2025.
10/13/2025
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/24/2025
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
09/12/2025
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 4. Page 3381.).
09/12/2025
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
09/11/2025
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2906.).
09/08/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
09/05/2025
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
08/29/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/29/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
08/18/2025
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
07/17/2025
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
07/16/2025
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15).
06/11/2025
Senate
Referred to Com. on JUD.
06/03/2025
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
06/02/2025
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 2. Page 1908.)
05/27/2025
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/23/2025
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
05/23/2025
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
05/23/2025
Assembly
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
05/07/2025
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
04/30/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/30/2025
Assembly
Coauthors revised.
04/23/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
04/01/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
03/28/2025
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
03/28/2025
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
02/20/2025
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
02/19/2025
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 20, 2025 5:59:23 AM
Record Updated
Nov 19, 2025 8:37:39 AM