AB 1159 CA

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Existing law, the K–12 Pupil Online Personal Information Protection Act (KOPIPA) , generally protects the personal information of a student enrolled in a K–12 course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for K–12 school purposes and was designed and marketed for K–12 school purposes. Existing law, the Early Learning Personal Information Protection Act (ELPIPA) , generally protects the personal information of a child enrolled in a preschool or prekindergarten course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for preschool or prekindergarten purposes and was designed and marketed for preschool and prekindergarten purposes. This bill would instead apply the provisions of KOPIPA and ELPIPA to an operator, or an entity working on behalf of the operator, of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used for the applicable school purposes and was designed or marketed for those purposes, as specified. The bill would, among other changes to KOPIPA and ELPIPA related to protecting the personal information of students, prohibit an operator from using covered information, as defined, including persistent unique identifiers, created or gathered by the operator's site, service, or application to train a generative artificial intelligence system or service or develop an artificial intelligence system. This bill would also enact the Higher Education Student Information Protection Act (HESIPA) , which would generally protect the personal information of a student enrolled in a higher education institution, as defined, in a similar manner as KOPIPA and ELPIPA. The bill would make HESIPA operative on July 1, 2027. This bill would authorize a pupil or student actually harmed by the noncompliance with KOPIPA, ELPIPA, or HESIPA to bring a civil action against the noncompliant operator, as prescribed.

• Addis Democratic · author

1. Feb 20, 2025 Read first time. To print. · lower
2. Feb 21, 2025 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. · lower
3. Mar 24, 2025 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. · lower
4. Mar 24, 2025 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. · lower
5. Mar 25, 2025 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. · lower
6. Apr 8, 2025 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. · lower
7. Jan 5, 2026 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. · lower
8. Jan 5, 2026 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. · lower
9. Jan 6, 2026 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. · lower
10. Jan 8, 2026 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3717.) · lower
11. Jan 8, 2026 (Pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.) · lower
12. Jan 13, 2026 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. · lower
13. Jan 15, 2026 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (January 15). · lower
14. Jan 16, 2026 Read second time and amended. · lower
15. Jan 20, 2026 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · lower
16. Jan 22, 2026 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.) · lower
17. Jan 22, 2026 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. · lower
18. Jan 22, 2026 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (January 22). · lower
19. Jan 22, 2026 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. · lower
20. Jan 26, 2026 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 3835.) · lower
21. Jan 27, 2026 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. · upper
22. May 20, 2026 Referred to Coms. on ED. and P., D.T., & C.P. · upper
23. Jun 10, 2026 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. · upper
24. Jun 23, 2026 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · upper
25. Jul 22, 2026 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. · upper