Law enforcement agencies: artificial intelligence.

The bill was formally enacted: Senate and Assembly passage certifications were removed, replaced with a 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' header, the chapter number 587 was assigned, and the Governor's approval date of October 10, 2025 was added.

Page numbering and formatting were adjusted throughout to match the official chaptered statute layout (page references changed from 'SB 524' to 'Ch. 587', page numbers shifted).

New definition of 'first draft' added: means the initial document or narrative produced solely by artificial intelligence.

New definition of 'official report' added: means the final version of the report that is signed by the officer under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).

Audit trail retention period added: the audit trail must now be maintained 'for as long as the official report is retained,' which was not previously specified.

First draft retention clarified to specify it shall be retained 'by the agency' for as long as the final official report is retained, making the responsible party explicit.

AI disclosure placement broadened: identification of AI programs can now appear 'on each page of the official report, or within the body of the text' and must be done 'in a manner that makes such identification readily apparent to the reader,' replacing the prior requirement to identify on each page.

Throughout the bill, references to 'final report' were changed to 'final official report' to align with the new definition, and duplicate subsection lettering (two subsections labeled (d)) was corrected.

In subsection (d)(1), the redundant nested numbering structure (which had items numbered (1) and (2) each containing a single sub-item (A) or (B)) was simplified to list the two exceptions directly as (A) and (B) under (d)(1).

Line numbers that appeared throughout the statutory text in the Amended Assembly version were removed in the Enrolled version.

The bill header was updated from showing a list of amendment dates to showing the enrolled format with Senate passage date (September 10, 2025) and Assembly passage date (September 8, 2025), along with standard Governor's receipt and approval blocks.

New subdivision (d)(2) allows contracted vendors to access data processed by artificial intelligence for purposes of troubleshooting, bias mitigation, accuracy improvement, or system refinement. This is a significant new exception to the vendor data use prohibition.

Subdivision (c) audit trail requirement was narrowed: removed 'interim' from the list of report types (now covers only 'first draft or official report') and removed the confusing phrase 'The program used' that appeared before 'agency utilizing.'

Throughout the bill, 'final official report' was replaced with 'official report' to align with the existing definition in subdivision (e)(5), which already defines 'official report' as the final signed version. This is a terminology cleanup rather than a policy change.

Draft retention requirement was reduced from retaining ALL drafts created before the final report in a manner allowing ready access, to retaining only the FIRST draft created for as long as the final report is retained.

New subsection (b)(2) provides that except for the final report, a draft of any report created with the use of artificial intelligence shall not constitute an officer's official statement.

The signature requirement was narrowed from requiring the signature of the person who 'prepared the report' to the person who 'prepared the final report,' limiting the attestation obligation to the final version only.

The audit trail requirement for video and audio footage used to create a report was modified to add 'if any,' making it conditional rather than an absolute requirement.

The main disclosure requirement in subsection (a) no longer specifies that it applies to reports generated 'in a draft, interim, or final form' - it now simply covers reports 'generated using artificial intelligence either fully or partially,' though the audit trail provision in (c) still references draft, interim, and final forms.

Assembly Member Schultz was added as a coauthor of the bill.

New subsection (d) prohibits a contracted vendor from sharing, selling, or otherwise using information provided by a law enforcement agency to be processed by artificial intelligence, with exceptions only for the contracted agency's own purposes or pursuant to a court order.

The audit trail requirement previously included identifying 'the person who made any changes to a report.' This item was removed, leaving only the person who used AI to create the report and the video/audio footage used as required audit trail elements.

New definition of 'contracted vendor' as a third party which has made artificial intelligence available to law enforcement for the purpose of generating a draft police report.

AI-generated police reports must now include the signature (physical or electronic) of the officer who prepared the report, verifying they reviewed the contents and that the facts are true and correct.

Added explicit language clarifying that the first draft created must be retained for as long as the final report is retained, reinforcing the existing draft retention requirement.

The definition of 'artificial intelligence' was narrowed to specifically cover two types of systems: (1) AI that automatically drafts police report narratives from in-car, dash-mounted, or body-worn camera audio/video, and (2) AI that analyzes an officer's dictated report to generate a narrative enhanced by generative AI.

The state-mandated local program designation was changed from 'no' to 'yes,' acknowledging the bill imposes costs on local law enforcement agencies that may trigger state reimbursement obligations.

Section 13663(a) now requires each law enforcement agency to maintain a policy that requires AI-generated reports to include disclosure, rather than directly mandating the disclosure on the report itself. This gives agencies some flexibility in how they implement the requirement.

The audit trail requirement now includes 'video and audio footage' used to create a report, expanding from just 'video footage' in the original version.

New definitions added: 'artificial intelligence' is defined as an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and can infer from input how to generate outputs influencing physical or virtual environments. 'Law enforcement agency' is formally defined in the new subsection structure.

New Section 2 adds a state mandates reimbursement provision. If the Commission on State Mandates determines the bill contains costs mandated by the state, local agencies and school districts will be reimbursed under Government Code Part 7 (Division 4, Title 2).

The fiscal note changes 'State-mandated local program' from 'no' to 'yes,' acknowledging that requiring agencies to adopt new policies constitutes a state-mandated local program with associated reimbursement obligations.