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California AssemblyAB 412

Generative artificial intelligence: training data: copyrighted materials.

Passed 45–16Party-line

What it does: Existing federal law, through copyright, provides authors of original works of authorship, as defined, with certain rights and protections. Existing federal law generally gives the owner of the copyright the right to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords and the right to distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public. Existing federal law provides that sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, are not subject to copyright but are subject to similar rights and protections under the Classics Protection and Access Act. (official summary)

Question before the chamber: AB 412 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading

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The tally

Yes 45 · No 16 · Not voting 18

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats45015
Republicans0163

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no.

The full roll (79)

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.