republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-243.md

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Bill	Companion chatbots.	Existing law requires a social media platform to take various steps to prevent cyberbullying of minors on the platform, including by requiring the platform to establish a prominent mechanism within its internet-based service that allows any individual, whether or not that individual has a profile on the internet-based service, to report cyberbullying or any content that violates the existing terms of service related to cyberbullying. Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention in the department, as prescribed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 243	California SB 243 (20252026)	bill	Companionchatbots	enacted	Padilla	9	36	10	2025-01-30	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6c38c6f3-b7d3-4fb2-ad0a-c86025068d78	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB243	26125551a58e1cca2d72d72e0b50f461dd840608276be46aa817f9eb5d230078	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 243 (20252026) — Companion chatbots.

Existing law requires a social media platform to take various steps to prevent cyberbullying of minors on the platform, including by requiring the platform to establish a prominent mechanism within its internet-based service that allows any individual, whether or not that individual has a profile on the internet-based service, to report cyberbullying or any content that violates the existing terms of service related to cyberbullying. Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention in the department, as prescribed.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/28/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/21/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/03/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB243 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 243 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Kalra — 59–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB243 Padilla et al. — 28–5 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB243 Padilla et al. Concurrence — 33–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Padilla — primary (person)
• Becker — author (person)
• Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)
• Weber Pierson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
• 2025-02-14 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 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
• 2025-03-25 Set for hearing April 1.
• 2025-03-25 April 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-03-26 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2025-03-28 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
• 2025-04-08 Set for hearing April 30 in HEALTH pending receipt.
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 705.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 965.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1192.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 5. Page 1442.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 June 24 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-07-03 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
• 2025-07-09 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 1. Page 3189.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 2880.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 677, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c38c6f3-b7d3-4fb2-ad0a-c86025068d78. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).