California Public Employees: Notice of Generative AI Doing Their Work (AB 2656)

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jurisdiction: US, California
level: state
domain: hiring
status: vetoed
scope: Would have required state and local public employers to notify recognized employee organizations before implementing generative AI to perform work within a job classification.
appliesTo: California state and local public employers
officialUrl: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/30/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-9-30-2026/
notes: Vetoed by Governor Newsom on September 30, 2026: the Governor's own legislative update of that date lists AB 2656 by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (Public employees: notice: artificial intelligence performing service within scope of work) among the vetoed bills. The veto message itself was not read. The 45-day written notice to a recognized employee organization comes from the CalMatters Digital Democracy aggregator and was not checked against bill text. Distinct from the enacted ca-sb951-ai-technological-displacement-notice.

jurisdiction: US, California
level: state
domain: hiring
status: vetoed
scope: Would have required state and local public employers to notify recognized employee organizations before implementing generative AI to perform work within a job classification.
appliesTo: California state and local public employers
officialUrl: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/30/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-9-30-2026/
notes: Vetoed by Governor Newsom on September 30, 2026: the Governor's own legislative update of that date lists AB 2656 by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (Public employees: notice: artificial intelligence performing service within scope of work) among the vetoed bills. The veto message itself was not read. The 45-day written notice to a recognized employee organization comes from the CalMatters Digital Democracy aggregator and was not checked against bill text. Distinct from the enacted ca-sb951-ai-technological-displacement-notice.