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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 366: Employment: artificial intelligence.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 366 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Employment: artificial intelligence. Primary sponsor: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D). Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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 establishes the Department of General Services in the Government Operations Agency for purposes of providing centralized services of state government.

This bill would require the Department of General Services to contract with the University of California, Los Angeles Labor Center to conduct a study evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence on worker well-being, job quality, job types, different populations, and state revenues. The bill would require the department, on or before June 1, 2027, to submit a report of the findings of the above-described study to the Legislature, as specified, and would repeal these provisions upon submission of that report.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lola Smallwood-CuevasPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate28

“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. Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
  2. May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
  3. Set for hearing May 23.
  4. May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  5. Set for hearing May 12.
  6. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 966.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  7. Set for hearing April 30.
  8. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
  9. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 703.) (April 8).
  10. Set for hearing April 8.
  11. Re-referred to Coms. on G.O. and L., P.E. & R.
  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

Sources

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