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CA SB574

Bill

Status

Engrossed

1/29/2026

Primary Sponsor

Tom Umberg

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Attorneys using generative AI must not enter confidential, personal identifying, or nonpublic information into public AI systems and must take reasonable steps to verify accuracy and correct any erroneous or "hallucinated" output

  • Attorneys must ensure their use of generative AI does not unlawfully discriminate based on protected characteristics including race, gender, disability, socioeconomic status, and other classifications

  • All citations in court filings must be personally read and verified by the responsible attorney, including any citations provided by generative AI tools

  • Arbitrators are prohibited from delegating any part of their decision-making process to generative AI and cannot rely on AI-generated information outside the record without disclosing it to parties first

  • Arbitrators must assume full responsibility for all aspects of an award regardless of any AI assistance used in the decision-making process

Legislative Description

Generative artificial intelligence: attorneys and arbitrators.

Last Action

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

1/29/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations1/14/2026
Judiciary1/5/2026
Rules1/5/2026
Housing4/2/2025
Rules2/20/2025

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