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

Dec 12, 2025 - The law excludes certain chatbots, such as those used solely for customer service, business operations, video game interactions limited to game-related topics, and stand-alone voice-activated virtual assistants that do not maintain relationships across interactions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

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

Public access to state and local government records (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - The measure requires all government entities to establish and publicly post written guidelines for accessing public records —including a description of where public records are stored and the system used to search for records.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-015

California labor law violations. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - On the other hand, trial courts could receive an increased number of appeals of Labor Com missioner decisions or an increased number of class-action lawsuits or other civil filings that otherwise would have been pursued as PAGA lawsuits.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-027

Firearms and ammunition (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 16, 2015 - The NICS searches a number of national databases to ensure that the purchaser is not a prohibite d person. As permitted by federal law, California is one of 13 states that chose to receive all requests from firearms dealers, allowing the state to search NICS and various state databases to ensure that individuals seeking to purchase or receive firearms are not prohibited.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-098

App-based rideshare and delivery drivers. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2019 - To limit these new costs, rideshare and delivery com panies might hire fewer drivers. These companies also would eventually increase fares and delivery charges to make up for their new costs. Responses by Consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-026

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This is because a federal court previously determined that the payments required by certain tribal-state com pacts into the state ’s General Fund for use at the state ’s discretion generally were an illegal tax prohibited under federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

California campaign finance and disclosure laws. (Amendment #2). [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2015 - In addition to other information technology (IT) systems, the Secretary of State maintains the Campaign Automated Lobbyist and Campaign Contribution and Expenditure Search System (CAL-ACCESS). This IT system provides public access to dis closed information related to campaign and lobbying activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-068

Proposition 56 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - The DPH administers and oversees a wide variety of programs with the goal of optimizing the health and well-being of Californians. The department ’s programs address a broad range of health issues, including tobacco-related diseases, maternal and child health, cancer and other chronic diseases, infectious disease control, and inspection of health facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=56&year=2016

Emergency medical personnel. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Dec 14, 2017 - After an emergency call arrives and the nearest ambul ance crew responds, each of the other crews in the area repositions to again provide an optimal geographic coverage for the next emergency call. This practice —known as “posting ” —allows the ambulance provider to meet the response time requirements stipulated in its contract while using fewer ambulance crews than would be needed if they were stationed at pe rmanent locations, resulting in lower overall costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-043