"The California Civil Rights Council approved regulations taking effect on Oct. 1, 2025, that clarify that employers cannot use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated-decision systems (ADSs) to make hiring or employment decisions that discriminate against job applicants or employees based on their national origin, sex, pregnancy, marital status, disability or age. According to the council, these automated-decision systems can exacerbate existing biases and contribute to discriminatory"
"Assembly Bill 489 prohibits artificial intelligence systems from impersonating licensed healthcare professionals, either directly though video calls or online chats or by using terms and conversational tones that imply a patient may be interacting with a human provider."
"A law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Sept. 22 temporarily rolls back the cannabis excise tax to 15% until 2028, suspending an increase to 19% levied earlier this year. The law is meant to help dispensaries that proponents say are operating under slim margins due to being bogged down by years of overregulation."
New California laws effective Oct. 1, 2025 restrict use of artificial intelligence in employment and healthcare and adjust taxation and labor provisions. The California Civil Rights Council rules bar employers from using AI and automated-decision systems for hiring or employment decisions that discriminate based on national origin, sex, pregnancy, marital status, disability or age, noting such systems can amplify bias. Assembly Bill 489 bars AI from impersonating licensed healthcare professionals in video calls, chats or through humanlike language. A law signed Sept. 22 reduces the cannabis excise tax to 15% through 2028 to aid dispensaries. Senate Bill 129 implements labor-related budget rules and expands certain disability insurance eligibility for designated managerial employees beginning July 1, 2025.
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