The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee advanced SB 1119 to the Assembly Appropriations Committee on July 1, approving the companion chatbot safety bill on an 8-1 vote.
According to the committee hearing record, the measure would require annual risk assessments, public safety policies, default settings and parental controls for children, incident reporting, third-party audits and limits on harmful content and data sharing.
The vote puts SB 1119 into the next stage of the legislative process, where its reporting, audit and parental-control provisions could still be changed before the bill moves any farther.
The hearing took place during a broader committee session that also covered other artificial intelligence, child safety, mental health and privacy bills.
