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type: "Bill"
title: "Social media: warning labels."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 56"
citation: "California AB 56 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Socialmedia", "warninglabels"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1dd9e29-46d1-4c86-85a8-acc9521e63a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56"
source_hash: "6114913243372d48e8766009d15be0ced4504da922282f960bfd0fa73992a516"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56&version=20250AB5699INT)
2. **02/25/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56&version=20250AB5698AMD)
3. **04/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56&version=20250AB5697AMD)
4. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56&version=20250AB5696AMD)
5. **07/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56&version=20250AB5695AMD)
6. **07/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56&version=20250AB5694AMD)
7. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56&version=20250AB5693AMD)
8. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56&version=20250AB5692AMD)
9. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56&version=20250AB5690CHP)
10. **AB56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56)
11. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56&version=20250AB5691ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB56 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Weber Pierson — **305** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **111** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **100** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Health] — **120** (pass) · upper
- AB 56 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **597** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **111** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **101** (pass) · lower
- AB 56 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **500** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1dd9e29-46d1-4c86-85a8-acc9521e63a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).