California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: opt-out preference signal.
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information that is collected or sold by a business, as defined, including the right to direct a business that sells or shares personal information about the consumer to third parties not to sell or share the consumer's personal information, as specified. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA and establishes the California Privacy Protection Agency and vests the agency with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to enforce the CCPA.
California AB 566 (20252026) — California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: opt-out preference signal.
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information that is collected or sold by a business, as defined, including the right to direct a business that sells or shares personal information about the consumer to third parties not to sell or share the consumer's personal information, as specified. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA and establishes the California Privacy Protection Agency and vests the agency with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to enforce the CCPA.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
AB 566 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading — 53–1 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB566 Lowenthal et al. By Stern — 31–7 (pass) · upper
AB 566 Lowenthal Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 57–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lowenthal — primary (person)
Stern — principal coauthor (person)
Wahab — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2025-02-24 Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2025-03-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-04-08 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1951.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 1. Page 2114.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-07-15 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
2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2812.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 3. Page 3294.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 465, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1b3994d-1e7b-4697-b76d-89f0149da2cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).