California AB 2013
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State: California
The state whose legislature passed the law.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260829000344/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2013. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Law: Assembly Bill No. 2013, Chapter 817
The act's name, or its bill and chapter, as the state's own text gives it.
Assembly Bill No. 2013 CHAPTER 817
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260829000344/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2013. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Subject: generative artificial intelligence: training data transparency
A short label, in the text's own words, for what the law regulates.
AB-2013 Generative artificial intelligence: training data transparency
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260829000344/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2013. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Signed: September 28, 2024
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Approved by Governor September 28, 2024
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260829000344/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2013. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Takes effect: on or before January 1, 2026
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3111. On or before January 1, 2026, and before each time thereafter that a generative artificial intelligence system or service
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260829000344/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2013. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Applies to: a person, partnership, state or local government agency, or corporation that designs, codes, produces, or substantially modifies an artificial intelligence system or service for use by members of the public
Who has duties, in the law's own words. A law with several parts shows the part named in its quote.
“Developer” means a person, partnership, state or local government agency, or corporation that designs, codes, produces, or substantially modifies an artificial intelligence system or service for use by members of the public
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260829000344/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2013. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Enforced by: Not stated
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Maximum penalty: Not stated
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Private right of action: Not stated
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Latest change: Not stated
The newest amendment, delay, repeal or replacement found in an official source. Blank with the places we looked if none was found, which doesn't prove there is none.
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