AB 1883

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As amended 5/18/2026: - Prohibits employers from using a workplace surveillance tool on workers for various purposes, including preventing compliance with laws or regulations, inferring information about workers engaging in a protected activity, making inferences about an individual’s emotional state or based on their gait, or collecting neural data. - Prohibits an employer from using facial recognition technology to make inferences about a worker for firing, deactivation, or disciplinary purposes. - Prohibits using workplace surveillance tools to infer a worker's legally protected status or to identify workers engaging in protected activities with certain exceptions. - Exempts the use of a workplace artificial intelligence tool or a workplace surveillance tool required by, or reasonably necessary to comply with, a federal statute, federal regulation, or binding federal contract relating to the development of aircraft for use in the national airspace or the development of products or services for national security, military, space, or defense purposes. - Authorizes enforcement by the Labor Commissioner and public prosecutors, creates a private right of action for employees, and establishes a penalty of up to $500 per employee per violation.

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