AB 1159 California 20252026 session
Student personal information.
Existing law, the K–12 Pupil Online Personal Information Protection Act (KOPIPA) , generally protects the personal information of a student enrolled in a K–12 course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for K–12 school purposes and was designed and marketed for K–12 school purposes. Existing law, the Early Learning Personal Information Protection Act (ELPIPA) , generally protects the personal information of a child enrolled in a preschool or prekindergarten course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for preschool or prekindergarten purposes and was designed and marketed for preschool and prekindergarten purposes. This bill would instead apply the provisions of KOPIPA and ELPIPA to an operator, or an entity working on behalf of the operator, of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used for the applicable school purposes and was designed or marketed for those purposes, as specified. The bill would, among other changes to KOPIPA and ELPIPA related to protecting the personal information of students, prohibit an operator from using covered information, as defined, including persistent unique identifiers, created or gathered by the operator's site, service, or application to train a generative artificial intelligence system or service or develop an artificial intelligence system. This bill would also enact the Higher Education Student Information Protection Act (HESIPA) , which would generally protect the personal information of a student enrolled in a higher education institution, as defined, in a similar manner as KOPIPA and ELPIPA. The bill would make HESIPA operative on July 1, 2027. This bill would authorize a pupil or student actually harmed by noncompliance with KOPIPA, ELPIPA, or HESIPA to bring a civil action against the noncompliant operator, as prescribed, and would require a person bringing that action to furnish a copy of the complain to the Attorney General within 10 days after filing the action.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Passed one chamber — last recorded action August 13, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Recorded votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
7 yes · 0 no · pass June 22, 2026
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]
4 yes · 0 no · pass June 10, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
AB 1159 Addis Assembly Third Reading
65 yes · 5 no · pass January 26, 2026
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).
- In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
- From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.
- Referred to Coms. on ED. and P., D.T., & C.P.
- In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 3835.)
- Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (January 22).
- In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
- Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
- Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- Read second time and amended.
- From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (January 15).
- From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
- (Pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)
- Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3717.)
- Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
- From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
- In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
- From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
- Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
- From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- Read first time. To print.