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CA AB2169

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/18/2026

Primary Sponsor

Josh Lowenthal

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires social media companies and AI model operators to provide consumers with copies of their personal information, contextual data, and social graphs within 5 business days in a portable, usable format

  • Mandates social media companies implement interoperability interfaces allowing users to share their social graphs (connections, content, interactions, and metadata) with other platforms of their choosing

  • Requires AI model operators to implement interoperability interfaces enabling users to share contextual data (prompts, conversation histories, files, preferences) directly with other AI models

  • Defines "open protocol" as publicly available rules for data exchange free from licensing fees and patent restrictions, and provides a rebuttable presumption of compliance for companies using Attorney General-approved protocols

  • Authorizes the Attorney General to enforce the chapter with administrative fines of up to $2,500 per violation or $7,500 per intentional violation, plus injunctive relief

Legislative Description

Social media platforms: artificial intelligence models.

Last Action

Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Privacy and Consumer Protection3/16/2026

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