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Public employees: notice: artificial intelligence performing service within scope of work.

CA · Legislation · 2025 · AB2656

Cottie Petrie-Norris(D)
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Introduced

Record updated May 18, 2026

Summary

An act to add Section 3558.10 to the Government Code, relating to public employment.

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Timeline

2026-05-18

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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

2026-05-14

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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 14).

2026-05-06

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In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

2026-04-22

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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

2026-04-16

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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. E. & R. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R.

2026-04-15

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Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

2026-04-14

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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.

2026-04-06

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Re-referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and P. E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

Bill Text

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 19, 2026

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2656

Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris

February 20, 2026

An act to amend Section 65010 of the Government Code, relating to land use. An act to add Section 3558.10 to the Government Code, relating to public employment.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2656, as amended, Petrie-Norris. Planning and Zoning Law. Public employees: notice: artificial intelligence performing service within scope of work.
Executive Order No. N-12-23 requires specified state agencies, in collaboration with other state agencies and their workforce, to draft a report to the Governor examining the most significant, potentially beneficial use cases for deployment of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools by the state. The executive order requires the report to explain the potential risks to individuals, communities, and government and state government workers, and requires the report to be regularly assessed and updated in consultation with, among others, the state government workforce or organizations that represent state government employees, as specified. Chapter 928 of the Statutes of 2024, the Generative Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act, requires specified state agencies to update the report, as needed, to respond to significant developments and to consult with specified parties, including organizations that represent state exclusive employee representatives. The act also requires state agencies to consider procurement and enterprise use opportunities for GenAI to improve efficiency, effectiveness, accessibility, and equity of government operations, as specified.
This bill would require certain state and local public employers to provide written notice to a recognized employee organization at least 45 days before taking an action to develop, purchase, implement, or utilize GenAI to perform a service that is within the scope of work of the job classification represented by the recognized employee organization.

The Planning and Zoning Law enacts various laws relating to land use, including statewide land use planning, transportation planning, local planning, zoning regulations, and housing development, among other things. Existing law makes formal rules of evidence or procedure applicable in judicial actions and proceedings inapplicable to any proceeding subject to that law, except to the extent that a public agency otherwise provides by charter, ordinance, resolution, or rule of procedure.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the latter provision.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 3558.10 is added to the Government Code, to read:

3558.10.
 A public employer identified in subdivision (a) of Section 3555.5 shall provide a recognized employee organization no less than 45 days’ written notice before taking an action to develop, purchase, implement, or utilize any generative artificial intelligence to perform a service that is within the scope of work of the job classification represented by the recognized employee organization.

SECTION 1.Section 65010 of the Government Code is amended to read:65010.

(a)The formal rules of evidence or procedure applicable in judicial actions and proceedings shall not apply in any proceeding subject to this title except to the extent that a public agency otherwise provides by charter, ordinance, resolution, or rule of procedure.

(b)No action, inaction, or recommendation by any public agency or its legislative body or any of its administrative agencies or officials on any matter subject to this title shall be held invalid or set aside by any court on the ground of the improper admission or rejection of evidence or by reason of any error, irregularity, informality, neglect, or omission (hereafter, error) as to any matter pertaining to petitions, applications, notices, findings, records, hearings, reports, recommendations, appeals, or any matters of procedure subject to this title, unless the court finds that the error was prejudicial and that the party complaining or appealing suffered substantial injury from that error and that a different result would have been probable if the error had not occurred. There shall be no presumption that error is prejudicial or that injury was done if the error is shown.

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