Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Type
- Body with AI jurisdiction and named seats
- Place
- California, United States — California
- Last checked
- 2026-09-22
- Next check due
- 2026-12-21
Named seats
- Thomas J. Umberg — chair, D
Official, up-to-date list of members Verified
Ways to reach them
- Public submission route
Its AI responsibilities
Senate committee of first referral for frontier-AI safety, liability, digital replica, civil-rights and privacy AI bills. SB 53's Senate policy vehicle.
Current business
SB 53 (TFAIA, 2025); SB 813 (independent verification organizations, signed 9 Sep 2026); SB 1111 (digital replicas, pending); SB 947 (automated employment decisions, pending, would take effect 1 Jul 2027).
Status
VERIFIED — Umberg appointed Judiciary chair for the 2025–2026 session; still chair at close of the 2026 session.
Public route
YES — position letters accepted from any member of the public via the Advocates portal, by email to sjud.fax@sen.ca.gov, by fax (916) 403-7394, or by mail (1021 O Street, Room 3240, Sacramento CA 95814). Deadline: 12:00 p.m. the Tuesday before the hearing unless otherwise stated. Committee staff explicitly warn they do not forward letters to individual members' offices, so copy members directly.
Agency route
Same as Assembly entry — CA AG (oag.ca.gov/report), CPPA, California Civil Rights Department.
Research note
Committee letter-policy page and deadline verified on sjud.senate.ca.gov 22 Sep 2026. Member roster not enumerated on the landing page; use the site's Members tab.