Pilar Schiavo
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 40
Author
Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including by requiring a social media company to post terms of service for each social media platform owned or operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all users of the social media platform of the existence and contents of the terms of service, as prescribed. Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) , grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information that is collected or sold by a business, including the right to request that a business delete personal information about the consumer that the business has collected from the consumer, as specified. Existing law, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA. This bill would require a social media platform to provide a clear and conspicuous button that enables the user to delete their account and provide the user with the necessary steps to delete the user's account and personal information if the user clicks on that button, in accordance with specified procedures. The bill would prohibit a social media platform from obstructing or interfering with a user's ability to delete their account, as specified. The bill would provide that a user's request to delete an account constitutes a request to delete the consumer's personal information under the CCPA.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, Statutes of 2025.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3198.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2748.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1596.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB656 | HTML |
| 02/13/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/08/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/23/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/04/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/12/25 - Enrolled | |
| 10/08/25 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 05/02/25- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection | |
| 05/06/25- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection | |
| 05/14/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/27/25- Senate Judiciary | |
| 07/03/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/08/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/10/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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