AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 23, 2026
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 19, 2026
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
97
Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson
February 18, 2026
An act to add Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 22949.100) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business.
Vote: majority Appropriation: no Fiscal committee: no Local program: no
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST
Existing law establishes various privacy protections relating to the collection, use, sale, or distribution of personal information, images, or video recordings, including restrictions relating to the retention, access, use, sale, or sharing of images or video recordings collected through the operation of an in-vehicle camera.
This bill would prohibit a security camera surveillance company, as defined, from distributing, selling, or otherwise authorizing a third party to access, use, or distribute video, images, or data
content obtained from a consumer’s security camera surveillance system without first obtaining the consumer’s consent. express consent of the consumer and the adult residents of a residential rental property or upon receipt of an order of a court or arbitrator.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 22949.100) is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:
Chapter 43. Security Camera Surveillance Companies
22949.100.
(a) For purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Content” means video, images, or audio, or other data obtained from a security camera. surveillance system.
(2) (A) “Express consent” means an affirmative written authorization that is granted in response to a notice that is both of the following:
(i) Clear, meaningful, and prominent.
(ii) Conveyed in a manner that a natural person would notice and understand it.
(B) “Express consent” does not include an authorization that is any of the following:
(i) Inferred from inaction.
(ii) Obtained through the use of a dark pattern, as defined in Section 56.18 of the Civil Code.
(iii) Contained within a more general notice, agreement, or set of terms and conditions.
(3) “Security camera surveillance company” means an entity that sells security cameras or monitors content obtained from a security camera.
installs, sells, or leases security surveillance systems for residential properties, including, but not limited to, self-installed security systems. A security surveillance company may also store data, monitor content obtained from a security surveillance system, or provide any other service associated with residential surveillance.
(4) “Security surveillance system” is any video, audio, or photographic recording device installed for the purpose of surveilling or recording activity occurring at a residential property.
(5) “Third party” means a person who is not any of the following:
(A) The business with whom the consumer intentionally interacts and that collects personal information from the consumer as part of the consumer’s current interaction with the business under this chapter.
(B) A service provider to the business.
(C) A contractor.
(b) A security camera
surveillance
company shall not distribute, sell, or otherwise authorize a third party to access, use, or distribute content obtained from a consumer’s security camera surveillance system without first obtaining the consumer’s consent. express consent of the consumer and the adult residents of a residential rental property or upon receipt of an order of a court, including a subpoena, or arbitrator.
(c) A security camera
surveillance company shall not, by default, opt a consumer in to into any feature that would distribute, sell, or otherwise authorize a third party to access, use, or distribute content obtained from a consumer’s security camera. surveillance system.