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SB 1050 is sponsored by Ashby, Angelique V. (Democratic).

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California 20252026 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

SB 1050 — False advertising: synthetic performers.

Last action September 09, 2026 — Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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Passed Senate
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Passed Assembly
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To Executive
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Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 12, 2026. It awaits signature.

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

Prognosis

Likely to advance 64% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

To Executive

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 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.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

In plain language

The bill addresses false advertising involving synthetic performers.

This bill aims to tackle issues related to false advertising connected with synthetic performers, ensuring clarity in marketing practices. It seeks to regulate how these performers are portrayed in advertisements to prevent misleading claims.

Summary

False advertising: synthetic performers.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/16/26 - Chaptered html September 16, 2026
Enrolled 09/04/26 - Enrolled html September 04, 2026
Amended 08/19/26 - Amended Assembly html August 19, 2026
Amended 08/13/26 - Amended Assembly html August 13, 2026
Amended 06/11/26 - Amended Assembly Current pdf June 11, 2026
Amended 04/23/26 - Amended Senate pdf April 23, 2026
Introduced 02/12/26 - Introduced pdf February 12, 2026
SB1050 View text html

Action History

September 09, 2026
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
August 31, 2026
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
August 31, 2026
Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
August 31, 2026
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
August 31, 2026
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
August 19, 2026
Read third time and amended.
August 19, 2026
Ordered to third reading.
August 17, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 13, 2026
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
August 13, 2026
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 13).
August 13, 2026
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 05, 2026
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
July 01, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 23, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
June 17, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T.
June 11, 2026
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
June 04, 2026
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P., A.,E.,S., & T., and JUD.
May 28, 2026
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
May 28, 2026
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4520.) Ordered to the Assembly.
May 14, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 14, 2026
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4262.) (May 14).
May 12, 2026
Set for hearing May 14.
May 11, 2026
May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
May 04, 2026
Set for hearing May 11.
April 23, 2026
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 22, 2026
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3977.) (April 21).
April 08, 2026
Set for hearing April 21.
April 07, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3741.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
March 10, 2026
Set for hearing April 6.
February 26, 2026
Referred to Coms. on P., D.T., & C.P. and JUD.
February 13, 2026
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
February 12, 2026
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Ashby, Angelique V. Democratic

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 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

Do pass as amended.

August 13, 2026

Passed 12 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	11	0	0	0
Republican	1	1	0	2
Total	12	1	0	2
% of votes cast	80%	7%	0%	13%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Not Voting
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Not Voting
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

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

June 30, 2026

Passed 10 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	9	0	0	0
Republican	1	1	0	1
Total	10	1	0	1
% of votes cast	83%	8%	0%	8%

How each member voted (12)

Member	Party	Vote
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Harabedian, John	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Not Voting
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

June 23, 2026

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	7	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	9	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism]

June 16, 2026

Passed 13 Yea · 2 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	11	0	0	0
Republican	2	2	0	0
Total	13	2	0	0
% of votes cast	87%	13%	0%	0%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	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
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
DeMaio, Carl	Republican	Nay
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

3rd Reading

May 28, 2026

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	30	0	0	0
Republican	8	0	0	2
Total	38	0	0	2
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

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	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass

May 14, 2026

Passed 7 Yea · 0 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%

How each member voted (7)

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	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

May 11, 2026

Passed 7 Yea · 0 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%

How each member voted (7)

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	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

April 21, 2026

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	11	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	13	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (13)

Member	Party	Vote
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	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	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

April 06, 2026

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	7	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	2
Total	7	0	0	2
% of votes cast	78%	0%	0%	22%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
McNerney, Jerry	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety technology

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1050 do?: False advertising: synthetic performers.
Who sponsors SB 1050?: SB 1050 is sponsored by Ashby, Angelique V. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 1050?: This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 12, 2026. It awaits signature.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 1050
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 20252026 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 12, 2026
Status: To Executive
Prime sponsor: Ashby, Angelique V.

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