SB 771 — Personal rights: liability: social media platforms.
Congress · introduced 2025-09-16
Latest action: — Senate
Sponsors
- Stern, Henry I. (D, CA-27) — sponsor
- Bryan, Isaac G. (D, CA-55) — cosponsor
- Lowenthal, Josh (D, CA-69) — cosponsor
- Ortega, Liz (D, CA-20) — cosponsor
- Pellerin, Gail (D, CA-28) — cosponsor
- Harabedian, John (D, CA-41) — cosponsor
- Kalra, Ash (D, CA-25) — cosponsor
- Stefani, Catherine (D, CA-19) — cosponsor
- Zbur, Rick Chavez (D, CA-51) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · 1 — Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
- · 3 — Read first time.
- · 5 — Referred to Com. on ED.
- · 39 — From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
- · 6 — Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
- · 6 — Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
- · 124 — Set for hearing April 29.
- · 21 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 943.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- · 124 — Set for hearing May 12.
- · 343 — May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- · 124 — Set for hearing May 23.
- · 36 — Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
- · 32 — Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- · 45 — Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 1519.) Ordered to the Assembly.
- · 56 — In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
- · 144 — Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
- · 39 — From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
- · 21 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
- · 22 — From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8).
- · 37 — Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- · 969 — August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- · 8 — From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (August 29).
- · 36 — Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
- · 32 — Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- · 61 — Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 2. Page 3238.) Ordered to the Senate.
- · 77 — Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2919.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- · 86 — Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- · 96 — Vetoed by the Governor.
- · 376 — In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
- · 97 — Veto sustained.
Text versions
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stern, Henry I. (D, state_upper CA-27) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Bryan, Isaac G. (D, state_lower CA-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Harabedian, John (D, state_lower CA-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Kalra, Ash (D, state_lower CA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Lowenthal, Josh (D, state_lower CA-69) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Ortega, Liz (D, state_lower CA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Pellerin, Gail (D, state_lower CA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Stefani, Catherine (D, state_lower CA-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Zbur, Rick Chavez (D, state_lower CA-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no