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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 56: Social media: warning labels.

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 56 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on December 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Social media: warning labels. Primary sponsor: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D), Buffy Wicks (D). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 13, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2025.

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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 generally regulates social media platforms, including, among other laws, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act that prohibits an operator of an addictive internet-based service or application, including a social media platform, from providing an addictive feed, as defined, to a minor user, except as prescribed.

This bill would enact the Social Media Warning Law that would require a covered platform, as defined, to display a certain black box warning to certain users each day the user initially accesses the social media platform, again after 3 hours of cumulative active use, and thereafter at least once per hour of cumulative active use, as prescribed.

This bill would specify that its provisions shall not be interpreted to serve as the basis for a private right of action, as specified. The bill would make its provisions operative on January 1, 2027, and would declare these provisions severable.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rebecca Bauer-KahanPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly16
Buffy WicksPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly14
Ash KalraCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly25
Josh LowenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly69
Liz OrtegaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly20
Diane PapanCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly21
Akilah Weber PiersonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate39
Susan RubioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22

“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 671, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 7. Page 3368.).
  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 2925.).
  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. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
  12. In committee: Referred to suspense file.

Sources

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