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SB-366 • 2026

Employment: artificial intelligence.

Employment: artificial intelligence.

Labor Technology
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Smallwood-Cuevas
Last action
Official status
Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on what happens after the study and report, leaving this aspect uncertain.

Artificial Intelligence Study for Worker Impact

This law requires a study on how artificial intelligence affects workers' well-being, job quality, different populations, and state revenues.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Department of General Services to contract with UCLA Labor Center to conduct a study about AI's impact on worker well-being, job quality, job types, different populations, and state revenues.
  • The department must submit a report of the findings to the Legislature by June 1, 2027.
  • Repeals these provisions after the report is submitted.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of General Services
  • UCLA Labor Center
  • Lawmakers and state government

Terms To Know

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Technology that makes machines think like humans, such as learning from data or solving problems.
Department of General Services
A part of the government that provides services for other state offices.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what will happen after the report is given.
  • It only talks about studying AI's effects, not changing laws or policies based on the study results.

Bill History

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Official Summary Text

SB 366, as amended, Smallwood-Cuevas.
Employment: artificial intelligence.
Existing law establishes the Department of General Services in the Government Operations Agency for purposes of providing centralized services of state government.
This bill would require the Department of General Services to contract with the University of California, Los Angeles Labor Center to conduct a study evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence on worker well-being, job quality, job types, different populations, and state revenues. The bill would require the department, on or before June 1, 2027, to submit a report of the findings of the above-described study to the Legislature, as
specified.
specified, and would repeal these provisions upon submission of that
report.

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