AB 1159: Student personal information.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified August 25, 2026

What AB 1159 does, verified August 25, 2026

This bill aims to strengthen online protections for students' personal information. It would apply existing laws to protect K-12, preschool, and higher education students, prohibiting the use of their information to train artificial intelligence systems. The bill would also make it easier for harmed students to bring civil lawsuits against non-compliant operators. Additionally, it would require operators to take responsibility for protecting student information and would make these laws effective on July 1, 2027.

Bill journey

✓IntroducedComplete

✓In CommitteeComplete

✓First Chamber FloorComplete

4Second ChamberCurrent

5GovernorPending

6ChapteredPending

Last action: Read second time. Ordered to third reading. (2026-08-24)Alert me

Author and sponsors

Asm. Dawn AddisAuthor · California State Assembly

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Recent actions31 total · showing 5

Aug. 24, 2026	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Aug. 21, 2026	Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Aug. 13, 2026	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Aug. 13, 2026	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).
Aug. 10, 2026	In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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