Artificial intelligence (AI) and child safety. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2025 - Prohibits Certain AI Products From Being Made Available to Children. The measure prohibits businesses and other entities from making “covered products ” —AI products intended to be used by children, used to process children ’s personal information, or applied directly to children —available to users under age 18, if the product
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The measure prohibits providers of covered AI systems made available to children from engaging in certain practices. Specifically, it prohibits child-targeted advertising and limits the sale or sharing of the personal information of children under the age of 18, unless verifiable parental consent is obtained.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

Funding for students who attend private schools or are educated at home. [Ballot]

Oct 7, 2025 - Preschool Most Four-Year Old Children Enroll in Public Schools. Approximately 400,000 four-year old children live in California. Attending school is optional for these children, but most parents enroll them in a public program known as transitional kindergarten.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-014

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Oct 22, 2025 - Special rules allow some properties to pass between parents and children without an increase in the property tax bill. These rules also apply to grandparents and grandchildren if the grandchildren ’s parents are deceased.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-017

California Children’s Services (CCS) program. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2023 - For some children, health insurance plans that contract with the state oversee the delivery of CCS services. The program serves around 200,000 children each year. To Qualify for CCS, Children Must Have Specific Diseases or Health Conditions … Under state law, a child must first be diagnosed with a specific disease to qualify for the CCS program.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-029

Gender-affirming medical procedures for individuals under the age of 18 years. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - Transgender Children Are a Small Share of California ’s Population. Data on transgender individuals are limited. That said, research suggests that transgender individuals comprise a small share of children.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-020

General obligation bonds to provide funding for certain hospitals that treat children. [Ballot]

Jan 2, 2018 - Background Children ’s Hospitals. Existing state law identifies eight private nonprofit hospitals and the children ’s programs at the five University of California (UC) academic medical center campuses as “children ’s hospitals. ” Children ’s hospitals focus their efforts on the health care needs of children by
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-045

Proposes a constitutional amendment related to parental rights. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2017 - The state ’s compulsory education law requires parents to ensure that children between the ages of 6 and 18 attend school. Parents can meet this requirement by sending their children to a public or private school, or by homeschooling their children.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-030

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Funding for students attending private schools. [Ballot]

Nov 2, 2023 - Preschool Options Four-Year Old Children Eligible to Enroll in Transitional Kindergarten. More than 400,000 four-year old children live in California. State law does not require these children to enroll in school, but many families send their children to various types of preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-026