Strong Bill Protecting Consumers from Harms of Automated Decision Systems Passes California Assembly  

Yesterday, the California Assembly passed A.B. 1018, the Automated Decisions Safety Act, which would protect Californians from many of the most pressing harms of automated systems.  

A.B. 1018, sponsored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, builds on versions of this bill she sponsored in prior legislative sessions and is similar to the Colorado AI Act. This bill would require companies that develop and use automated decision systems to test them, inform people if an ADS will be used to make an important decision about them, and provide an explanation of the decision after it is made.  

EPIC joined a coalition of 48 organizations in sending a letter of support for the bill to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee earlier in the process. The bill now moves to the Senate, and EPIC urges California lawmakers to continue supporting this important legislation.