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AB 883: Elected officials and judges.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Assembly

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-01-13: Coauthors revised.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Enacted

Version:

Existing law establishes the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) to enforce various laws protecting the privacy of individuals. If a business knowingly collects and sells to third parties the personal information of a consumer with whom the business does not have a direct relationship, existing law requires the business to register with the CPPA as a data broker, except as specified. Existing law requires the CPPA to establish an accessible deletion mechanism that allows a consumer to request that every data broker delete any personal information related to that consumer held by the data broker or associated service provider or contractor. Existing law requires the accessible deletion mechanism to support the ability of a consumers authorized agents to aid in the deletion request. Existing law requires data brokers to access the accessible deletion mechanism and delete personal information as requested by individuals, and imposes specified deletion procedures. Existing law defines personal information for these purposes, and exempts from this definition, among other things, publicly available information or lawfully obtained, truthful information that is a matter of public concern. contractor, as prescribed.

This bill, on and after January 1, 2028, would require data brokers to delete, and would prohibit data brokers from sharing or selling, protected information about an elected official, a judge, or an immediate family member of an elected official or judge if they or their authorized agent submits to the accessible deletion mechanism a verified deletion request and a threat identification letter, as specified. The bill would require the CPPA to develop a model threat identification letter and to update the accessible deletion mechanism accordingly, as specified. The bill would define protected information to include, among other types of information, an individuals residential address and telephone number. The bill would define threat identification letter to include, among other documents, a police report indicating that the individual has received a threat of intent to cause imminent great bodily harm.

This bill would require the Secretary of State to provide to the agency a list of all state or local elected officials that, if available, includes each officials personal information, as specified, would require the Judicial Council to provide the agency with a list of all California judges, and would require the agency to allow elected officials or a judges to remove their information from those lists, as prescribed. The bill would require the lists to be kept confidential, as specified. The bill would also require the agency to upload the lists to the accessible deletion mechanism described above and would require an entity receiving a notification that a deletion is required to do so within 5 days.

This bill would authorize an elected official or judge who is on a list described above, the Attorney General, a county counsel, or a city attorney to bring a civil action for a violation of the bill, as prescribed.

Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.

This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

Discussed in Hearing

Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection17MIN
Jan 13, 2026

Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection

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