California Assembly Bill 56

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Passed on October 13 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

An act to add Chapter 25 (commencing with Section 28000) to Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to social media platforms.

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Asm. Rebecca Bauer-Kahan [D]	Asm. Buffy Wicks [D]	Asm. Ash Kalra [D]	Asm. Josh Lowenthal [D]
Asm. Liz Ortega [D]	Asm. Diane Papan [D]	Sen. Susan Rubio [D]	Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson [D]

2025-09-12 - Assembly - AB 56 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments (Y: 59 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2025-09-11 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB56 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Weber Pierson (Y: 30 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2025-08-29 - Senate - Do pass as amended (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-08-18 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-07-16 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-07-01 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Health] (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-29 - Assembly - AB 56 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 29) [PASS]
2025-05-23 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 11 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 10 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-22 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (Y: 11 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-10-13		Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13		Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-24		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-12	Assembly	Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 7. Page 3368.).
2025-09-12	Assembly	In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11	Senate	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 2925.).
2025-09-08	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05	Senate	Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-09-02	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29	Senate	Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-29	Senate	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
2025-08-18	Senate	In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-17	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-10	Senate	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-07-03	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-07-02	Senate	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1).
2025-06-11	Senate	Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH.
2025-05-29	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-29	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 0. Page 1777.)
2025-05-27	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).
2025-05-23	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2025-05-14	Assembly	In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-05-05	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-01	Assembly	Read second time and amended.
2025-04-30	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 29).
2025-04-23	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-04-23	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2025-04-22	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
2025-04-21	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
2025-04-01	Assembly	In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-12	Assembly	In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-02-26	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
2025-02-25	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-24	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
2024-12-03	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health and Safety Code	28000	New Code	See Bill Text

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