Tech Oversight California today issued a statement on the bills it is prioritizing as California’s legislature moves into critical second house hearings:
“California lawmakers are showing again this session that Sacramento is serious about reining in Big Tech on behalf of small businesses, working people, kids and families. A slate of important legislation just passed the critical midway point, addressing critical priorities from competition and workers’ rights to kids’ safety and data center accountability. As these bills move to second house hearings, we will keep playing a watchdog role, tracking the big-money lobbying campaigns aimed at watering down or killing these bills, and making sure lawmakers know communities across California are watching,” said Tech Oversight California Executive Director Sacha Haworth.
Tech Oversight California priorities moving forward this session:
Competition, Affordability & Jobs
- AB 1776 (Aguiar-Curry) – COMPETE Act
- AB 2545 (Schiavo) – AI Deployment & Workforce Displacement Assessment
- AB 2564 (Ward) – Surveillance pricing
- SB 947 (McNerney) – No Robo Bosses
Privacy & Surveillance
- AB 1159 (Addis) – Student Personal Information
- AB 1337 (Ward) – Information Practices Act
- AB 1542 (Ward) – Prohibiting selling sensitive personal information
- AB 1883 (Bryan) – Workplace surveillance
- SB 923 (Becker) – Clarification of right to delete
Youth Digital Safety
Data Center Accountability
- AB 1577 (Bauer-Kahan) – Data centers: reporting
- AB 2619 (Papan) – Water resources: data centers
- SB 886 (Padilla) – California Technology Innovation and Ratepayer Protection Act
Tech Oversight California is a Sacramento-based advocacy group dedicated to reinforcing the ongoing fight to build a better internet in California and beyond by holding Big Tech platforms accountable and moving the state forward as a national and global role model for strong tech regulation.