Editing News-August-13-2026 (section)

== California suspense vote advances AI safety commission and stalls copyright disclosure bill ==
California’s Assembly Appropriations Committee voted 11–3 on August 13 to advance SB 813 as amended and re-refer it to the Rules Committee.<ref name="ca-sb813-history" /><ref name="tcai-aug14" />

The amended bill would establish a California Artificial Intelligence Standards and Safety Commission to study and recommend AI safety standards and related state policy.<ref name="ca-sb813-text">[https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB813 California Legislative Information, “SB 813 Bill Text,” amended August 13, 2026]</ref>

The Senate Appropriations Committee held AB 412 under submission on August 13, stopping its progress at the suspense-file stage.<ref name="ca-ab412-history" /><ref name="tcai-aug14" /> The bill would have required generative-AI developers to document covered copyrighted training materials and provide a mechanism for rights holders to request information about use of their works.<ref name="ca-ab412-text">[https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB412 California Legislative Information, “AB 412 Bill Text,” amended June 30, 2026]</ref>