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Bill	Social media: warning labels.	Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including, among other laws, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act that prohibits an operator of an addictive internet-based service or application, including a social media platform, from providing an addictive feed, as defined, to a minor user, except as prescribed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 56	California AB 56 (20252026)	bill	Socialmedia warninglabels	enacted	Bauer-Kahan	11	37	10	2024-12-02	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/c1dd9e29-46d1-4c86-85a8-acc9521e63a8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56	6114913243372d48e8766009d15be0ced4504da922282f960bfd0fa73992a516	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 56 (20252026) — Social media: warning labels.

Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including, among other laws, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act that prohibits an operator of an addictive internet-based service or application, including a social media platform, from providing an addictive feed, as defined, to a minor user, except as prescribed.

Version chain

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

1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/25/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/10/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/05/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB56 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB56 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Weber Pierson — 30–5 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Health] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 56 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–7 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 56 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 50–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Ortega — coauthor (person)
• Papan — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Weber Pierson — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-12-03 From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
• 2025-02-24 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-02-26 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-04-01 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 0. Page 1777.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 2925.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 7. Page 3368.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1dd9e29-46d1-4c86-85a8-acc9521e63a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).