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California SB 574 (Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026): generative AI duties for attorneys and arbitrators
California Legislature · California
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California statute approved 30 September 2026 that bars attorneys from delegating the practice of law to generative AI. Attorneys must keep nonpublic information out of unrestricted AI systems, verify outputs including every citation, and disclose AI use to the court. Arbitrators may not delegate decision-making to AI. It takes effect 1 January 2027.
- Applies to
- lawyers, parties
- Effective
- 01 Jan 2027
- Current version
- Chaptered (Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026) · 30 Sept 2026
- Last verified
- 05 Oct 2026
What the document requires
- Bus. & Prof. Code §6068.1(a)(2): an attorney shall not delegate the practice of law to generative artificial intelligence.
- §6068.1(a)(3)(A): no confidential, personal identifying or other nonpublic information may be entered into a generative AI system unless access is restricted to the attorney and authorised persons bound to protect it.
- §6068.1(a)(3)(B): take reasonable steps to verify generative AI outputs, including all case and statutory citations, and correct erroneous or hallucinated output.
- §6068.1(a)(3)(C): disclose generative AI use to the court for all documents submitted, and consider disclosure for content provided to the public.
- Code Civ. Proc. §128.7(b)(2): no paper filed in any court may contain citations the responsible attorney has not personally verified, including citations provided by generative AI.
- Code Civ. Proc. §1282.1: an arbitrator shall not delegate any part of their decision-making to generative AI or rely on AI-generated information outside the record without prior disclosure to the parties.
- Code Civ. Proc. §180: the Judicial Council must publicly revisit Standard 10.80 of the Standards of Judicial Administration in light of generative AI.
Version history
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaptered (Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026)current | 2026-09-30 | Approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State on 30 September 2026 as Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026. The official status page gives 21 August 2026 as the last amended date, so the chaptered text carries no change from the version enrolled on 4 September 2026. The act has no urgency clause and states no operative date, so under Cal. Const. art. IV §8(c)(1) it goes into effect on 1 January 2027, the first 1 January after a 90-day period from enactment. | official · archive |
| Enrolled | 2026-09-04 | First version recorded. | official · archive |
Sources
Cite this record
SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "California SB 574 (Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026): generative AI duties for attorneys and arbitrators" (California Legislature, Chaptered (Chapter 858, Statutes of 2026), 2026-09-30), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-state/us-ca-sb-574-chapter-858-2026 (accessed 2026-10-05). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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