California Parents & Kids Safe AI Act (2026 Ballot Initiative) (CA Kids Safe AI Initiative)
Proposed ballot measure establishing statutory duties for AI products used by minors, including age assurance, prohibitions on emotional manipulation and romantic simulation, required parental controls, and a ban on ad targeting to children.
Key Provisions
What CA Kids Safe AI Initiative requires
Age assurance required before an AI product serves a likely minor user
Bans simulated romantic or intimate companionship behaviors with minors
Prohibits emotional-manipulation dark patterns aimed at minors
Requires a parental-controls surface for any AI product available to children
Bans targeted advertising to known minors within AI product surfaces
Enforcement by the California AG
Rule Categories Covered
Phosra enforcement categories for CA Kids Safe AI Initiative
AI No-Simulated Companionship
contentBlocks AI products from simulating romantic, intimate, or therapeutic companionship with minor users.
AI Chatbot Age Assertion
access controlRequires AI chatbot products to assert and verify the user's age band before any conversational interaction.
Parental Consent Gate
access controlBlocks account creation and data collection until verifiable parental consent (VPC) is collected and signed.
Targeted Ad Block
advertisingBlocks behavioral advertising, ad profiling, and retargeting for minor users across connected platforms.
Platforms Affected
Platforms covered by CA Kids Safe AI Initiative
MCP Enforcement
Enforce CA Kids Safe AI Initiative with a single API call
// Enforce CA Kids Safe AI Initiative compliance
tool: trigger_child_enforcement
input: {
child_id: "ch_emma_01",
law: "CA_KIDS_SAFE_AI_INITIATIVE",
rules: [
"ai_no_simulated_companionship",
"ai_chatbot_age_assertion",
"parental_consent_gate",
"targeted_ad_block"]
}
→ ChatGPT enforcement applied ✓
→ Gemini enforcement applied ✓
→ Claude enforcement applied ✓
→ Character.AI enforcement applied ✓
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