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CA AB566

Bill

Status

Passed

10/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Josh Lowenthal

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires businesses that develop or maintain web browsers to include user-configurable functionality that sends opt-out preference signals to websites, preventing the sale or sharing of consumers' personal information

  • Browser developers must make the opt-out functionality easy for reasonable consumers to locate and configure, and must publicly disclose how the signal works and its intended effect

  • Grants browser developers immunity from liability if a business receiving the opt-out preference signal violates privacy law

  • Authorizes the California Privacy Protection Agency to adopt regulations to implement and administer these requirements

  • Takes effect January 1, 2027, and is officially titled the "California Opt Me Out Act"

Legislative Description

California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: opt-out preference signal.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 465, Statutes of 2025.

10/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations7/2/2025
Judiciary6/18/2025
Rules6/9/2025
Appropriations4/7/2025
Privacy and Consumer Protection2/24/2025

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