California - Session 2025-2026
Title: Online dating services.
Existing law requires a social media company, as defined, to submit a terms of service report on a semiannual basis to the Attorney General, as prescribed. Existing law requires the terms of service report to include specified information. Existing law, the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, proscribes specified unfair or deceptive trade practices and authorizes a civil action to enforce a violation of those provisions. This bill would require an online dating service, as defined, to adopt a safety policy that meets specified requirements and to report information relating to the policy on an annual basis to the Attorney General, as prescribed. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to bring an action to enforce these provisions and would make violation of these provisions an unfair or deceptive trade practice, as specified.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-10 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-03-10 | Latest Action | Set for hearing April 6. |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AB 1609 | Customer service chatbots. | in_committee |
| AB 1700 | e-Safety Commission: youth online protection. | in_committee |
| AB 1709 | Covered platforms: account creation: age restriction. | in_committee |
| AB 1766 | Health curriculum framework: human trafficking and online safety. | in_committee |
| AB 1946 | Youth: commercial sexual exploitation. | in_committee |
| AB 2023 | Chatbots: children’s safety. | in_committee |
| AB 2246 | Youth Social Media Protection Act: report. | in_committee |
| AB 2291 | Pupil safety: nonconsensual intimate images: study. | in_committee |