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SB 1390: Online dating services: background checks.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-03-25

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-04-20: April 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

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Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of contracts for online dating services, as defined, and requires those contracts to be in writing and to contain specified information. Existing law generally provides for the regulation of online platforms and services that facilitate interactions between users.

This bill would require an online dating service provider to conduct, or have a third party conduct, a local and national criminal background check for each California user who registers for a profile for purposes of the online dating service. The bill would require the background check to include a search of a multistate and multijurisdiction criminal records locator and the United States Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Website. The bill would require the online dating service provider to place a conspicuous flag on a California users profile if the background check reveals that the user is a registered sex offender or has been convicted of specified offenses, including a violent felony, a hate crime, or an assault or battery.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts professions and vocations by boards established within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a healing arts board or examining committee within the Department of Consumer Affairs from requiring, by regulation, an applicant for licensure or certification to be a member of, to be certified by, to be eligible to be certified or registered by, or otherwise meet the standards of a specified private voluntary association or professional society, except as provided.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to those provisions.

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Standing Committee on Public Safety12MIN
Apr 14, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Public Safety

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