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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 2: Injuries to children: civil penalties.

Enacted 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 2 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on December 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Injuries to children: civil penalties. Primary sponsor: Josh Lowenthal (D), Joe Patterson (R). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 10, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 180, Statutes of 2026.

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Official summary

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

Existing law provides that everyone is responsible not only for the result of their willful acts but also for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person.

This bill would, until January 1, 2035, make a social media platform, as defined, liable for specified damages if the social media platform fails to exercise ordinary care or skill by causing injury to a child.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Josh LowenthalPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly69
Joe PattersonPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly5
John HarabedianCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly41
Gail PellerinCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly28
Robert RivasCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly29

“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. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 180, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6816.).
  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 13).
  9. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  10. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 30).
  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

Sources

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