Who sponsors AB 1405?

AB 1405 is sponsored by McNerney, Rubio, Wiener, and Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca (Democratic).

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California 20252026 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

AB 1405 — Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.

Last action September 09, 2026 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 178, Statutes of 2026.

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This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 21, 2025. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

To Executive

Current position in the legislative process.
4 sponsors

1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

In plain language

This bill establishes a registration process for auditors of artificial intelligence systems.

The bill requires auditors who assess artificial intelligence systems to register. This process is intended to standardize and regulate the auditing of AI technologies.

Summary

Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/09/26 - Chaptered html September 09, 2026
Enrolled 09/03/26 - Enrolled html September 03, 2026
Amended 08/25/26 - Amended Senate Current pdf August 25, 2026
Amended 07/09/25 - Amended Senate pdf July 09, 2025
Amended 04/03/25 - Amended Assembly pdf April 03, 2025
Introduced 02/21/25 - Introduced pdf February 21, 2025
AB1405 View text html

Action History

September 09, 2026
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 178, Statutes of 2026.
September 09, 2026
Approved by the Governor.
September 09, 2026
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
August 30, 2026
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
August 30, 2026
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 6.).
August 30, 2026
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.).
August 26, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 25, 2026
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 13, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 13, 2026
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
August 29, 2025
In committee: Held under submission.
August 18, 2025
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
July 09, 2025
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 08, 2025
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 8).
July 02, 2025
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
June 11, 2025
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and G.O.
June 03, 2025
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
June 02, 2025
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 4. Page 1890.)
May 27, 2025
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 23, 2025
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
April 23, 2025
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
April 07, 2025
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 03, 2025
Read second time and amended.
April 02, 2025
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 1).
March 17, 2025
Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
February 24, 2025
Read first time.
February 22, 2025
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
February 21, 2025
Introduced. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic

Co-sponsors (3)

McNerney
Rubio
Wiener

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 1405 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments

August 31, 2026

Passed 60 Yea · 6 Nay · 13 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	58	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	0
Republican	1	6	0	12
Total	60	6	0	13
% of votes cast	76%	8%	0%	16%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Ávila Farías	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Ahrens, Patrick	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Harabedian, John	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Not Voting
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Patel, Darshana R.	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Ransom, Rhodesia	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Celeste	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Michelle	Democratic	Yea
Rogers, Chris	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Schultz, Nick	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Not Voting
Castillo, Leticia	Republican	Not Voting
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Not Voting
DeMaio, Carl	Republican	Nay
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Not Voting
Ellis, Stan	Republican	Nay
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gonzalez, Jeff	Republican	Not Voting
Hadwick, Heather	Republican	Nay
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Not Voting
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Nay
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Not Voting
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Nay
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Not Voting
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Nay
Ta, Tri	Republican	Not Voting
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Not Voting
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB1405 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Wiener

August 30, 2026

Passed 30 Yea · 10 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	30	0	0	0
Republican	0	10	0	0
Total	30	10	0	0
% of votes cast	75%	25%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
McNerney, Jerry	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Pérez, Sasha Renée	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Nay
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Nay
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Nay
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Nay
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Nay
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Nay

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Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	0	2	0	0
Total	5	2	0	0
% of votes cast	71%	29%	0%	0%

Member	Party	Vote
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

Member	Party	Vote
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

July 08, 2025

Passed 11 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	11	0	0	0
Republican	0	2	0	2
Total	11	2	0	2
% of votes cast	73%	13%	0%	13%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Nay
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization]

July 01, 2025

Passed 11 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	11	0	0	0
Republican	0	1	0	1
Total	11	1	0	1
% of votes cast	85%	8%	0%	8%

How each member voted (13)

Member	Party	Vote
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Nay
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

AB 1405 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading

June 03, 2025

Passed 62 Yea · 4 Nay · 13 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	59	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	0
Republican	2	4	0	13
Total	62	4	0	13
% of votes cast	78%	5%	0%	16%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Ávila Farías	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Ahrens, Patrick	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Harabedian, John	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Patel, Darshana R.	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Ransom, Rhodesia	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Celeste	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Michelle	Democratic	Yea
Rogers, Chris	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Schultz, Nick	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Castillo, Leticia	Republican	Not Voting
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Not Voting
DeMaio, Carl	Republican	Nay
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Not Voting
Ellis, Stan	Republican	Nay
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gallagher, James	Republican	Nay
Gonzalez, Jeff	Republican	Not Voting
Hadwick, Heather	Republican	Not Voting
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Not Voting
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Not Voting
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Not Voting
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Not Voting
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Nay
Ta, Tri	Republican	Not Voting
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Not Voting
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Member	Party	Vote
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Not Voting
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Not Voting
Ta, Tri	Republican	Not Voting
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Not Voting

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

April 01, 2025

Passed 11 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	11	0	0	0
Republican	0	1	0	3
Total	11	1	0	3
% of votes cast	73%	7%	0%	20%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
DeMaio, Carl	Republican	Nay
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Not Voting
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Not Voting
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1405 do?: Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.
Who sponsors AB 1405?: AB 1405 is sponsored by McNerney, Rubio, Wiener, and Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 1405?: This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 21, 2025. It awaits signature.
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At a glance

Identifier: AB 1405
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 20252026 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 21, 2025
Status: To Executive
Prime sponsor: Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca

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