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AB-2246 • 2026

Online service, product, or feature: access by children.

Online service, product, or feature: access by children.

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Sponsor
Wicks
Last action
Official status
Senate - Appropriations
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Online service, product, or feature: access by children.

AB 2246, as amended, Wicks.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 2246, as amended, Wicks.
  • Online service, product, or feature: access by children.
  • Existing law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, requires a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to comply with certain requirements, including, among other things, prohibiting the business from profiling a child by default or using personal information for any reason other than the reason for which that information was collected, except as specified.
  • Existing law imposes specified civil penalties upon a business that violates these provisions.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Senate - Appropriations

Official Summary Text

Online service, product, or feature: access by children.