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Panel advances bill requiring 45‑day notice to employee organizations before deploying generative AI in public workplaces

Committee on Public Employment and Retirement, California State Assembly · April 22, 2026
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Summary

AB 2656 would require public employers to provide at least 45 days written notice to recognized employee organizations before developing, purchasing, implementing, or using generative AI in represented job classifications; labor groups supported notice while county and local government groups raised scope and implementation concerns; the committee advanced the bill to appropriations.

AB 2656 was presented as a measure to increase transparency and worker input on generative AI use in public employment. The bill would require public employers to give at least 45 days' written notice to recognized employee organizations before developing, purchasing, implementing or utilizing generative AI to perform work in represented job classifications.

Assemblymember Petrie Norris introduced the bill and said the requirement would…

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