California AB 1651 (State Bar of California: Artificial Intelligence Disclosure)

Properties

jurisdiction: US, California
level: state
domain: transparency
status: enacted-pending
scope: Requires the State Bar of California to disclose, on its internet website, the use of artificial intelligence-generated content in developing or administering the California Bar Examination, with the exam-content disclosure posted 60 days before the examination and a disclosure on the cover page of any affected study materials.
obligations: Per the Legislative Counsel's Digest, confirmed verbatim on leginfo: 'The bill would require the State Bar to disclose, on its internet website, the use of artificial intelligence-generated content, as defined, in developing or administering the State Bar examinations described above.' New Business and Professions Code Section 6060.15 becomes operative January 1, 2028. The bill's own text further requires a disclosure regarding exam content to be posted on the State Bar's website 60 days before the examination in which the AI-generated content is used, and a disclosure regarding study materials to be made on the cover page of the study material.
effectiveDate: 2028-01-01
enactedDate: 2026-08-22
appliesTo: The State Bar of California, with respect to development and administration of the California Bar Examination and associated study materials
officialUrl: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1651
notes: Signed and chaptered August 22, 2026 as Chapter 116, Statutes of 2026 (confirmed directly against leginfo's billStatusClient page). Signed before this run's nominal 2026-09-19 discovery window but untracked in the baseline; surfaced under the same out-of-window-but-untracked rationale used elsewhere in this dataset (e.g. eo-14365, il-sb2909). No currently tracked entity covers an AI-content disclosure duty for a professional licensing examination; ca-ab489 is the closest analog but only bars AI from implying it is a licensed health professional.

Properties

jurisdiction

US, California

level

state

domain

transparency

status

enacted-pending

scope

Requires the State Bar of California to disclose, on its internet website, the use of artificial intelligence-generated content in developing or administering the California Bar Examination, with the exam-content disclosure posted 60 days before the examination and a disclosure on the cover page of any affected study materials.

obligations

Per the Legislative Counsel's Digest, confirmed verbatim on leginfo: 'The bill would require the State Bar to disclose, on its internet website, the use of artificial intelligence-generated content, as defined, in developing or administering the State Bar examinations described above.' New Business and Professions Code Section 6060.15 becomes operative January 1, 2028. The bill's own text further requires a disclosure regarding exam content to be posted on the State Bar's website 60 days before the examination in which the AI-generated content is used, and a disclosure regarding study materials to be made on the cover page of the study material.

effectiveDate

2028-01-01

enactedDate

2026-08-22

appliesTo

The State Bar of California, with respect to development and administration of the California Bar Examination and associated study materials

officialUrl

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1651

notes

Signed and chaptered August 22, 2026 as Chapter 116, Statutes of 2026 (confirmed directly against leginfo's billStatusClient page). Signed before this run's nominal 2026-09-19 discovery window but untracked in the baseline; surfaced under the same out-of-window-but-untracked rationale used elsewhere in this dataset (e.g. eo-14365, il-sb2909). No currently tracked entity covers an AI-content disclosure duty for a professional licensing examination; ca-ab489 is the closest analog but only bars AI from implying it is a licensed health professional.