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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1700: e-Safety Commission: youth online protection.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1700 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: e-Safety Commission: youth online protection. Primary sponsor: Josh Lowenthal (D), David Alvarez (D), Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D), Mia Bonta (D), Josh Hoover (R), Al Muratsuchi (D), Joe Patterson (R), Buffy Wicks (D). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law, the Digital Age Assurance Act, requires, beginning January 1, 2027, an operating system provider to provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an accountholder to indicate the birth date, age, or both, of the user of that device for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user’s age bracket to applications available in a covered application store, among other things related to providing a uniform system for obtaining age information about a user of certain software applications. Existing law defines “user” for these purposes to mean a child that is the primary user of the device.

This bill would establish the e-Safety Commission, as specified, and would require the commission to develop minimum age compliance guidelines for covered entities, as defined, review age assurance technologies used to implement the minimum age verification, and establish procedures for noncompliance investigations. The bill would require, on or before January 1 of each year, the commission to report to the Legislature and the Governor on its activities pursuant to the bill, as specified.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Josh LowenthalPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly69
David AlvarezPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly80
Rebecca Bauer-KahanPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly16
Mia BontaPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly18
Josh HooverPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly7
Al MuratsuchiPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly66
Joe PattersonPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly5
Buffy WicksPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly14
Benjamin AllenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Joaquin ArambulaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly31
Natasha JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly63
Pilar SchiavoCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly40

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
  2. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
  3. Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
  4. From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
  5. Read first time. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page