Assembly Bill No. 316
Assessment outcome
total 4/4 (actionability 2 + authority 2); currency unscored, so pro-rated to 6.0/6
Authorship & scope
The issuing body is the California State Legislature via an Assembly Bill.
Level 2: Binding state law and official government statute passed by the California legislature.
Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.
Eligibility gates
HTTP 200, 466 words of full text extracted
The bill's primary subject is artificial intelligence and associated legal defenses.
The source creates a legal rule regarding liability and defenses for artificial intelligence systems.
The issuing body is the California State Legislature via an Assembly Bill.
No superseding or repeal notice is present on the page; it is marked as chaptered.
Scored criteria
Actionability
2/2Level 2: Names a specific legal prohibition and obligation regarding defenses in civil actions involving artificial intelligence.
This bill would prohibit a defendant who developed, modified, or used artificial intelligence, as defined, from asserting a defense that the artificial intelligence autonomously caused the harm to the plaintiff.
Authority
2/2Level 2: Binding state law and official government statute passed by the California legislature.
CHAPTER 672 An act to add Section 1714.46 to the Civil Code, relating to civil actions.
Currency
—computed: no publish/modified date found on the page (never guessed)