AB 322 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Precise geolocation information.

Summary

Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) , grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected or sold by a business, as defined, including the right to direct a business that collects sensitive personal information about the consumer to limit its use, as prescribed. Existing law defines "sensitive personal information" to mean, among other things, personal information that reveals a consumer's precise geolocation. Existing law, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA. This bill would require a business that collects precise geolocation information to prominently display, when information is being collected, a notice to the consumer whose information is being collected that states certain information related to the collection of the information and its use by the business, including the goods or services requested by the consumer for which the business is collecting, processing, or disclosing the geolocation information and a description of how the business will process the geolocation information to carry out those purposes. This bill would prohibit a business that collects precise geolocation information from, among other things, retaining the information longer than necessary to provide the goods or services requested by the consumer or longer than one year after the consumer's last intentional interaction with the business, whichever is earlier. This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes and intent of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Assembly Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Last action Aug 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

06/23/25 - Amended Senate → AB322 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions. The diff reflects a reformatting of the same bill text from a printed legislative document layout (with line numbers, page headers/footers, and traditional formatting) into a web-based display format (with website navigation elements, quick search tools, and online tracking features). The actual legal content - both the geolocation privacy provisions in Section 1798.122 of the Civil Code and the education code amendments in Section 33319 - is identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a printed document layout (with line numbers, page headers like 'AB 322 -2-', and traditional legislative formatting) into a web page display format with navigation menus, quick search tools, and online tracking features. No changes to the actual statutory language were made.

01/24/25 - Introduced → 06/23/25 - Amended Senate · 8 edits · Jun 23, 2025

MODERATE

AB 322 was substantially expanded in the Senate to add an entirely new section (Civil Code 1798.122) regulating how businesses collect, use, retain, and disclose precise geolocation information. The original pupil health provisions (Education Code 33319) were retained with minor technical edits. This transforms the bill from a single-topic school health measure into a dual-topic bill that also imposes significant data privacy obligations on businesses handling location data.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded significantly from covering only pupil health services in schools to also imposing comprehensive privacy requirements on any business that collects precise geolocation information, adding a new section to the Civil Code alongside the existing Education Code amendments.

SCOPE

Added new Civil Code Section 1798.122, which requires businesses collecting precise geolocation information to display a prominent notice at the time of collection disclosing: that collection is occurring, the business name, contact information, type and precision of data collected, the goods or services for which it is being used, how it will be processed, and any third-party disclosures.

The Education Code section (33319) was reworded to replace references to 'school districts' with the broader term 'local educational agencies' (defined as school district, county office of education, or charter school), and removed the reference to the State Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Board while retaining local boards.

REQUIREMENT

Prohibits businesses from collecting or processing precise geolocation information more than necessary to provide the requested goods or services, with a narrow exception for security incidents, fraud, harassment, or illegal activity (limited to 30-day retention).

Prohibits retaining precise geolocation information longer than necessary to provide the requested goods or services or longer than one year after the consumer's last intentional interaction with the business, whichever is earlier.

Prohibits disclosing precise geolocation information to state or local government agencies without a valid court order from a California court (or another jurisdiction consistent with California law), specifically referencing protections under the Reproductive Privacy Act and foreign civil action restrictions.

Prohibits disclosing precise geolocation information to federal government agencies unless required by federal law.

ENFORCEMENT

Prohibits selling, trading, or leasing precise geolocation information to any third party.

TECHNICAL

Added a legislative finding that the act furthers the purposes and intent of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (Proposition 24).

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 21, 2025

How they voted

61–0

Passed · 17 other

Total votes 78

Apr 21, 2025

D Democratic59

53 Yea 6

89% Yea

R Republican19

8 Yea 11

42% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Aug 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

In committee: Held under submission.

upper

Aug 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

In committee: Held under submission.

upper

Aug 18, 2025

Committee

In committee: Referred to suspense file.

upper

Jul 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Jun 25, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

upper

Jun 24, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

Jun 23, 2025

Introduced

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

upper

Jun 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

upper

Jun 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

May 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on ED.

upper

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 1175.)

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9).

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on ED.

lower

Jan 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Introduced

Introduced. To print.

lower

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors