California's AB 1979 is formally presented to Governor Newsom, the second of five tracked AI/MH bills to reach his desk

What happened

California's AB 1979 — which brings consumer health chatbots under the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act and bars AI-alone clinical decisions without human review — was enrolled and presented to Governor Newsom at 4pm on 2026-09-04, per a direct check of the bill's own history record on the California Legislature's site. That makes it the second of California's five AI/mental-health bills to actually reach the Governor's desk, after SB 503 (presented 08-30, 6pm); SB 903, SB 1119 ("Adam's Law"), and AB 2575 all remain one procedural step behind, still logged as "ordered to engrossing and enrolling" as of 08-31 with no presentment yet recorded. A Transparency Coalition legislative tracker update dated 2026-09-04 corroborates that all five bills have now cleared the Legislature and sit "at the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has until Sept. 30 to decide their fate" — none signed or vetoed as of this check. A direct check of the Governor's own newsroom (gov.ca.gov/newsroom) turned up no signing or veto announcement dated 09-04 or 09-05 for any of the five bills. (AB 1979 bill history, California Legislature, Transparency Coalition AI Legislative Update, 2026-09-04)

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AB 1979 bill history, California Legislature leginfo.legislature.ca.gov primary source
Transparency Coalition AI Legislative Update, 2026-09-04 transparencycoalition.ai unrated

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