What AB 322 does
An act to add Section 1798.122 to the Civil Code, relating to privacy.
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.
Summary from the Legislative Counsel's Digest of the amended senate text, June 23, 2025. Read the full text on leginfo.
How it got here
Assemblymember Ward introduced AB 322 on January 24, 2025, with coauthors Assembly Members Carrillo, Elhawary, and Ortega and Senator Wiener. The text was amended 1 time, and heard in 7 committee hearings before its final floor votes.
- Assembly Floor, April 21, 2025: 62 ayes, 0 noes.
Committee votes along the way:
- Assembly Education, March 12, 2025: Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar, 8-0.
- Assembly Appropriations, April 9, 2025: Do pass., 10-0.
- Senate Education, June 11, 2025: Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations], 4-0.
- Senate Judiciary, July 15, 2025: Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations], 11-2.
- Senate Appropriations, August 18, 2025: Placed on suspense file, 7-0.
Who supports and opposes AB 322
The Senate Judiciary analysis dated July 11, 2025 lists 22 organizations in support and 12 in opposition. When Assembly Education first listed positions on March 10, 2025, the count was 4 in support and 0 opposed. By the Senate Judiciary analysis of July 11, 2025 it was 22 to 12.
In support: Consumer Reports (sponsor); California Initiative for Technology and Democracy (sponsor); AAPIs for Civic Empowerment; Alliance for TransYouth Rights; Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California; California Civil Liberties Advocacy; California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO; California Nurses Association; and 14 more.
Opposed: Association of National Advertisers; California Baptist for Biblical Values; California Chamber of Commerce; California Retailers Association; Computer and Communications Industry Association; CTIA; Network Advertising Initiative; Security Industry Association; and 4 more.
Read the Senate Judiciary analysis.
Our read
Analysis by Capitol Axis, drawn from the committee analyses and vote record for AB 322.
Among the positions on the record is California Civil Liberties Advocacy, in support.
Support went from 4 at Assembly Education to 22 by Senate Judiciary.
Association of National Advertisers, California Baptist for Biblical Values and California Chamber of Commerce appear on the opposed list, which runs to 12 organizations, and technology companies account for much of it.
This is a Consumer Reports bill. Amendments were negotiated with them, not around them.
What happens next
It is in Senate Appropriations. The last recorded action was on August 13, 2026.
The Governor can sign the bill, veto it, or let it become law without a signature. Until the decision, sign and veto request letters are the remaining channel, and the Department of Finance's enrolled bill report carries weight on anything with a fiscal effect. If signed, most provisions take effect January 1, and implementation moves to the agencies named in the bill.
What it means for privacy organizations
This is the stage where language still changes. Amendments taken in committee are the ones that reach the Governor, so an organization with a stake in the drafting has a reason to be in that conversation now rather than after the vote.
The privacy group at Capitol Axis handles that for privacy clients.
Questions about AB 322
What does AB 322 do?
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.
Has AB 322 passed the California Legislature?
It is in Senate Appropriations. The last recorded action was on August 13, 2026.
Who supports and opposes AB 322?
The Senate Judiciary analysis dated July 11, 2025 lists 22 organizations in support and 12 in opposition. Supporters include Consumer Reports (sponsor); California Initiative for Technology and Democracy (sponsor); AAPIs for Civic Empowerment. Opponents include Association of National Advertisers; California Baptist for Biblical Values; California Chamber of Commerce.
What happens next with AB 322?
It still has committee and floor votes ahead of it. Amendments taken now are the ones that reach the Governor, so this is the stage where language changes are still possible.