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Assembly panel advances bill asking Instructional Quality Commission to add digital-safety guidance for students

California State Assembly Appropriations Committee · May 6, 2026
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Summary

The Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced AB 1792, which asks the Instructional Quality Commission to consider updating health education guidance to address AI-generated sexualized imagery, digital violence and digital consent; the author called it low-cost and non‑mandating and a TechNet representative testified in support.

Assemblymember Rodriguez asked the California Instructional Quality Commission to consider modernizing health education guidance to help students recognize and respond to online harms, advancing AB 1792 out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 6.

"AI is everywhere," the bill uthor said, arguing that millions of AI-generated sexualized images, including thousands that appear to involve minors, are circulating online and that schools should be equipped to teach students how to…

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