SB 833: Critical infrastructure: artificial intelligence systems: human oversight.

Official summary

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

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the California Cybersecurity Integration Center within the Office of Emergency Services to serve as the central organizing hub of state government’s cybersecurity activities and to coordinate information sharing with various entities. Existing law also requires the Technology Recovery Plan element of the State Administrative Manual to ensure the inclusion of cybersecurity strategy incident response standards for each state agency to secure its critical infrastructure controls and information, as prescribed.

This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2026, an operator, defined as a state agency responsible for operating, managing, overseeing, or controlling access to critical infrastructure, that deploys a covered artificial intelligence (AI) system, as defined, to establish a human oversight mechanism that ensures a human monitors the system’s operations in real time and reviews and approves any plan or action proposed by the covered AI system before execution, except as provided. The bill would require the Department of Technology to develop specialized training in AI safety protocols and risk management techniques to oversight personnel. The bill would require oversight personnel for an operator to conduct an annual assessment of its covered AI systems, as specified, and to submit a summary of the findings to the department. The bill would make findings and declarations related to its provisions.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“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. August 13, 2026August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2. August 29, 2025August 29 hearing postponed by committee.
3. August 20, 2025August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
4. July 17, 2025Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
5. July 17, 2025From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 16).
6. July 17, 2025Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
7. July 7, 2025From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
8. June 9, 2025Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
9. June 4, 2025In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
10. June 3, 2025Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1446.) Ordered to the Assembly.
11. May 23, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
12. May 23, 2025From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1214.) (May 23).