CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 942

Introduced by Senator Becker

January 17, 2024

An act relating to consumer protection.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 942, as introduced, Becker. Consumer protection: generative artificial intelligence.
Existing law imposes certain obligations in the context of particular transactions, and provides mechanisms to enforce those obligations.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish a mechanism to allow consumers to easily determine whether images, audio, video, or text was created by generative artificial intelligence.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish a mechanism to allow consumers to easily determine whether images, audio, video, or text was created by generative artificial intelligence.