Device / OS
Scheduled
- Bill / statute
- AB 1043, Digital Age Assurance Act (2025)
- Status
- Passed, not yet in effect
- Effective
- Jan 1, 2027
- Intrusiveness
- High -- Broad reach: low or no content threshold, device/OS-level, or bundled with other verification.
- Sponsor
- Asm. Buffy Wicks (D)
Digital Age Assurance Act. Signed by Gov. Newsom Oct 13, 2025; operative Jan 1, 2027 (existing devices have until Jul 1, 2027). Operating systems prompt for the user birth date at setup and pass an age-bracket signal to apps -- a self-reported model, not a hard government-ID gate. Enforced by the Attorney General; no private right of action.
Timeline
- Oct 13, 2025Scheduled
- Jan 1, 2027In effect
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Social media
In effect
- Bill / statute
- SB 976 (2024)
- Status
- Active law in effect
- Effective
- Partly in effect 2025
- Intrusiveness
- Moderate -- Standard ID or age-estimate check to enter adult sites; civil enforcement.
- Sponsor
- Sen. Nancy Skinner (D)
Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act. Signed Sept 2024. The Ninth Circuit (Sep 9, 2025) upheld most of the law and struck only a default-settings provision; it did not rule on the age-assurance section, deferring until AG rules are final. AG rulemaking is underway (public hearing June 30, 2026); the age-assurance/age-determination duty is required by Jan 1, 2027.
Timeline
- Sep 20, 2024Scheduled
- Jan 28, 2025Court hold
- Sep 9, 2025In effect
Source: oag.ca.gov
