California AB 1883 (2025–2026)
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California AB 1883 (2025–2026)[1]
California[1]
Legislation[1]
AB 1883; Chapter 853, Statutes of 2026; Labor Code §§ 1580–1583[1]
Enacted September 30, 2026 as Chapter 853, Statutes of 2026.[2]
January 1, 2027, under the regular-session effective-date rule.[3]
Not recorded as a single article-wide date; see the dated source notes.
Dated legislative record
CA A 1883 — Workplace surveillance tools — received final legislative approval on August 30, 2026 and was sent to engrossing and enrolling; would prohibit employers from using AI workplace-surveillance tools to infer or predict workers’ emotional state or collect neural data.[1][4]
The bill was enrolled September 3, presented to the Governor September 10, and signed and chaptered September 30 as Chapter 853. The non-urgency law is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2027.[2][3] Its chaptered text bars employers, including public employers, from using AI workplace-surveillance tools to recognize or infer a worker’s emotional state or collect neural data. It authorizes enforcement by the Labor Commissioner or a public prosecutor, with a penalty of up to $500 per violation; the text specifies safety and certain federally required aerospace and defense operations as exceptions.[5] See California’s September 30 AI package.
Related coverage
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 California Legislative Information, “AB 1883 Bill History,” August 30, 2026
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 California Legislature, AB 1883 status, chaptered September 30, 2026; reviewed October 2, 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 California Constitution, art. IV, § 8(c)(1).
- ↑ California Legislative Information, “AB 1883 Bill Text,” accessed September 2, 2026
- ↑ California Legislature, AB 1883, Chapter 853, Statutes of 2026, Labor Code §§ 1580–1583; full text reviewed October 2, 2026.