republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-981.md

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Bill	Sexually explicit digital images.	Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including by requiring a social media platform to provide, in a mechanism that is reasonably accessible to users, a means for a user who is a California resident to report material to the social media platform that the user reasonably believes is, among other things, child sexual abuse material.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 981	California SB 981 (20232024)	bill	Sexually explicit digital images	enacted	Wahab	9	22	5	2024-01-29	2024-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/83d41550-f253-44f2-aa33-257a06ede254	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB981	b78726b256605ea61e70bc6c8b15fb515cc08f27dce8ab958a4ae211488b6886	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 981 (20232024) — Sexually explicit digital images.

Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including by requiring a social media platform to provide, in a mechanism that is reasonably accessible to users, a means for a user who is a California resident to report material to the social media platform that the user reasonably believes is, among other things, child sexual abuse material.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 01/29/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/02/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/21/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/05/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/19/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB981 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/21/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB981 Wahab et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 981 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wahab — primary (person)
• Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-29 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-30 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 29.
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2024-04-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3819.) (April 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3895.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-13 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2024-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6278.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-19 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5198.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2024-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 292, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83d41550-f253-44f2-aa33-257a06ede254. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).