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CA AB 2169: Social media platforms: artificial intelligence models.

Dead/Failed California · 2025–2026 session

Last verified Oct 11, 2026 · official bill text

AB 2169 · where it stands

This bill did not become law (dead/failed) · last action May 14, 2026.

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Introduced
Filed in the legislature; may be waiting for a committee hearing.
Passed a chamber
Approved by one or both chambers; awaiting further action.
Enacted
Signed into law, or became law without a signature or over a veto.
Effective date
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Dead / vetoed
Vetoed, failed, or the session ended without action.

In one paragraph

California's AB 2169 (2025-26 Regular Session), the Digital Choice Act, would require a social media company, or a person that deploys an AI model (a deployer), to give a consumer a copy of their personal information, contextual data and social graph within five business days in a portable format where technically feasible. It would also require interoperability interfaces. Held under submission in Assembly Appropriations May 14, 2026; not passed.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

None: the bill died and never became law. It would have required social media companies and AI model deployers to provide data portability and interoperability.

Key provisions

  1. Would add Chapter 22.2.10 (commencing with Section 22589.10) to the Business and Professions Code
  2. Would require a social media company or AI model deployer, on request, to respond to a consumer's request for personal information, contextual data and social graph within five business days, in a portable format to the extent technically feasible
  3. Would define 'contextual data' as information a user provides to an AI model plus context, derivative, model-generated or inferred data linked to the interactions
  4. Would require social media companies to offer a third-party-accessible interface letting users share their social graph with another platform
  5. Would require AI model deployers to offer a third-party-accessible interface letting users share contextual data with other AI models
  6. Would authorize the Attorney General to adopt specified regulations; held under submission in Assembly Appropriations on May 14, 2026; dead after the session ended

Latest legislative action

May 14, 2026. In committee: Held under submission.

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Topics and industries

Related topics

AI in Social Media & Online PlatformsAI Privacy

Affected industries

TechnologyConsumer Protection

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SB976 Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act. AB1159 Student personal information. SB981 Sexually explicit digital images. AB1008 California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: personal information. AB 1979 Health care services: artificial intelligence. SB574 Attorneys, arbitrators, judicial officers, and alternative resolution providers.

Same topic in other states

South Carolina H3431 South Carolina Social Media Regulation Act New Jersey A4015 "New Jersey Kids Code Act"; adopts New Jersey Age-Appropriate Design Code and re Maryland HB603 Consumer Protection - Online Products and Services - Data of Children (Maryland Illinois SB51 AGE-APPROPRIATE DESIGN CODE Kentucky HB559 AN ACT relating to data privacy, portability, and interoperability. Virginia SB85 Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms & model operators, interope