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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 2246: Online service, product, or feature: access by children.

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 2246 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Online service, product, or feature: access by children. Primary sponsor: Buffy Wicks (D). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 10, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, 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, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, requires a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to comply with certain requirements, including, among other things, prohibiting the business from collecting, selling, sharing, or retaining any personal information that is not necessary to provide the online service, product, or feature, except as specified. Existing law imposes specified civil penalties upon a business that violates these provisions.

This bill would repeal the above-described act and would instead impose similar provisions without the above-referenced exceptions and would impose civil penalties for a violation of these provisions. The bill would require a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to take reasonable steps to prevent specified risks of harm to children. The bill would authorize a child to void any provision of a contract that was entered into by the child or their parent or guardian as a result of a design feature of the online service, product, or feature. The bill would authorize the Attorney General or a public prosecutor to bring a civil action for a violation of these provisions, as specified.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Buffy WicksPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly14
Cecilia Aguiar-CurryCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly4
Rebecca Bauer-KahanCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly16
Ash KalraCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly25
Cottie Petrie-NorrisCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly73
Catherine StefaniCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly19

“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 187, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 6887.).
  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
  11. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Sources

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