Workplace artificial intelligence tools.

The definition of 'workplace AI tool' now requires the tool to 'use artificial intelligence,' narrowing coverage to exclude non-AI automated decision systems or surveillance tools.

A specific deadline was added for the first annual list of workplace AI tools: on or before February 1, 2028, and annually thereafter.

For each new workplace AI tool added in the preceding year, employers must now include a description of whether any jobs or job tasks will be replaced or automated by that tool and the expected timeline of those impacts in the annual list.

A new notice element (item 9) requires employers to include the most recent version of the annual AI tools list in the written notice provided to workers.

Notice item on worker data changed from disclosing 'any worker data collected' to 'the categories of worker data collected,' reducing specificity. Similarly, surveillance description now references 'categories of activities' rather than all activities.

The risk assessment disclosure in the notice was changed from full 'results' under CCPA compliance to a 'high-level summary' and broadened to cover compliance with 'any applicable state law, including' CCPA.

The notice must now include 'the categories of input data it was trained on' in the plain-language description of the workplace AI tool.

Civil action venue was narrowed from any county where the violation occurred or where the employer resides or transacts business to only the county where the employer resides, making it harder for workers to file suit in their own area.

The notice requirement now specifies surveilling 'workers in the workplace' rather than simply 'the workplace,' clarifying that the tool must be directed at workers specifically.

The definition of 'employer' was expanded to explicitly name charter cities, charter counties, transit districts, the University of California, the California State University, and community college districts. The previous version used broader but less specific language about political subdivisions and instrumentalities.

A new Section 1603 was added declaring that the bill addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair under Article XI, Section 5 of the California Constitution, making it applicable to all cities including charter cities. This is a standard legal provision used to prevent charter cities from claiming their home rule authority exempts them from state legislation.