California Artificial Intelligence Standards and Safety Commission Act (SB 813)

Properties

jurisdiction: US, California
level: state
domain: general
status: proposed
scope: Would establish a California Artificial Intelligence Standards and Safety Commission that develops AI safety standards and criteria for designating 'independent verification organizations' (IVOs), i.e. qualified third-party AI auditors that assess developer/vendor compliance with those standards.
obligations: Per Section 8898.2(a)(3) of the bill text as fetched: the commission shall develop criteria for determining whether an AI auditor qualifies as an independent verification organization. Further operative detail (e.g. whether developer/vendor participation is voluntary, what standards the commission would set, and what certification confers) was not independently confirmed by this agent beyond this section and legislative-tracker summaries.
appliesTo: AI auditors seeking designation as independent verification organizations; by extension, AI developers/vendors that engage a designated IVO
officialUrl: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB813
notes: PROCEDURAL UPDATE (this run, re-verified 2026-08-31 against leginfo.legislature.ca.gov billStatusClient for bill_id 202520260SB813): since the prior run's 'no confirmed floor vote yet' note (Aug 13 re-referral to Assembly Rules), SB 813 has now passed the full Legislature. Per the bill's own status history: 08/30/26 'Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.' (Assembly floor passage), followed same day by 08/30/26 'Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.' (Senate concurrence). Prior floor-vote uncertainty in the baseline note is now resolved: the bill did clear the full Legislature, not just committee. UPDATE (re-verified 2026-09-07 against the same leginfo.legislature.ca.gov billStatusClient page, with the Enrolled-date field independently re-checked and reproduced identically on a follow-up fetch): 'Enrolled Date: 09/01/26'. No 'To Governor,' 'Approved,' or 'Chaptered' date has yet been populated on the bill's status page as of this check, so status remains 'proposed' per this dataset's convention for bills that have passed both chambers but await gubernatorial action (matching the convention used for ny-fair-news-act, ny-ai-training-data-transparency-act, and ny-ai-companion-minors-act).

Properties

jurisdiction

US, California

level

state

domain

general

status

proposed

scope

Would establish a California Artificial Intelligence Standards and Safety Commission that develops AI safety standards and criteria for designating 'independent verification organizations' (IVOs), i.e. qualified third-party AI auditors that assess developer/vendor compliance with those standards.

obligations

Per Section 8898.2(a)(3) of the bill text as fetched: the commission shall develop criteria for determining whether an AI auditor qualifies as an independent verification organization. Further operative detail (e.g. whether developer/vendor participation is voluntary, what standards the commission would set, and what certification confers) was not independently confirmed by this agent beyond this section and legislative-tracker summaries.

appliesTo

AI auditors seeking designation as independent verification organizations; by extension, AI developers/vendors that engage a designated IVO

officialUrl

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB813

notes

PROCEDURAL UPDATE (this run, re-verified 2026-08-31 against leginfo.legislature.ca.gov billStatusClient for bill_id 202520260SB813): since the prior run's 'no confirmed floor vote yet' note (Aug 13 re-referral to Assembly Rules), SB 813 has now passed the full Legislature. Per the bill's own status history: 08/30/26 'Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.' (Assembly floor passage), followed same day by 08/30/26 'Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.' (Senate concurrence). Prior floor-vote uncertainty in the baseline note is now resolved: the bill did clear the full Legislature, not just committee. UPDATE (re-verified 2026-09-07 against the same leginfo.legislature.ca.gov billStatusClient page, with the Enrolled-date field independently re-checked and reproduced identically on a follow-up fetch): 'Enrolled Date: 09/01/26'. No 'To Governor,' 'Approved,' or 'Chaptered' date has yet been populated on the bill's status page as of this check, so status remains 'proposed' per this dataset's convention for bills that have passed both chambers but await gubernatorial action (matching the convention used for ny-fair-news-act, ny-ai-training-data-transparency-act, and ny-ai-companion-minors-act).