News-July-03-2026
July 3, 2026 — A Transparency Coalition legislative update identified two significant state AI-law developments: California enacted AB 2148, requiring public school employees and contractors to be natural persons, and New Jersey lawmakers gave two-chamber approval to A 4015, the New Jersey Kids Code Act for social media privacy, safety, and parental controls.[1][2][3]
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[edit]California enacts human-teacher requirement
[edit]California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2148 into law, and the measure requires public school employees and contractors covered by the bill to be natural persons rather than AI systems or other non-human substitutes.[1][2] The development matters for education AI policy because it addresses the boundary between AI tools in schools and the legal status of human educators.[1]
New Jersey Kids Code Act clears both chambers
[edit]New Jersey legislators gave two-chamber approval to A 4015, the New Jersey Kids Code Act, which the Transparency Coalition summarized as establishing privacy, security, and parental-control requirements for social media platforms.[1][3] The bill is part of a broader state-level child-safety and platform-governance trend that overlaps with AI chatbot and youth-safety regulation.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 AI Legislative Update: July 3, 2026, Transparency Coalition, July 2, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 AB 2148 bill status, California Legislative Information, 2025-2026 regular session.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A 4015 bill page, New Jersey Legislature, 2026 session.