SB 420: Property tax: welfare exemption: detention facilities.
This bill aims to regulate the use of high-risk automated decision systems, which are systems that can make decisions that have a significant impact on individuals or groups. A covered provider must make an AI detection tool available to users at no cost, which outputs system provenance data. The bill requires a developer or deployer to perform an impact assessment before making the system publicly available or deploying it. The impact assessment must be kept confidential, and the developer must provide a copy to the state agency or the attorney general/civil rights department within 30 days. The bill also authorizes the attorney general/civil rights department to enforce compliance and allows developers to cure violations within 45 days. Additionally, state agencies cannot award contracts for high-risk automated decision systems unless the developer has certified that the system does n…
| Sep. 04, 2026 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. |
| Aug. 28, 2026 | Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Aug. 27, 2026 | From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) |
| Aug. 26, 2026 | From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. |
| Aug. 26, 2026 | Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). |
| Enrolled August 31, 2026 |
| Passed IN Senate August 28, 2026 |
| Passed IN Assembly August 25, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly July 01, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly June 03, 2026 |
| Amended IN Senate May 23, 2025 |
| Amended IN Senate March 26, 2025 |
| Introduced by Senators Padilla, McNerney, and Umberg (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Gipson) (Coauthors: Senators Arreguín, Pérez, and Rubio) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Carrillo, Ortega, Quirk-Silva, and Michelle Rodriguez) |
February 18, 2025 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 214.12 is added to the Revenue and Taxation Code, to read:214.12.
(a) For purposes of Section 214, “property used exclusively for religious, hospital, scientific, or charitable purposes” shall not include property, or any portion thereof, operated as a detention facility.