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California Legislative Information
Read original source (EN)https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1836
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Lines 39–119: enacted text; especially 70–85 on digital-replica liability, exceptions, and definitions, and 91–105 on consent rights and duration.
Enacted Chapter 258 version from the 2023–2024 session, not a review of all current 2026 versions. Section 3344.1(a)(2) has explicit exceptions; consent holders follow succession provisions including subsection (c) and should not all be called family members. No actual cases or separate commencement notice checked.
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California AB 1836 is signed and chaptered
AB 1836 was approved and filed as Chapter 258 of 2024, amending Civil Code section 3344.1. It establishes civil liability, with enumerated exceptions, for producing, distributing, or making available digital replicas of a deceased person’s voice or likeness in expressive audiovisual works or sound recordings without prior consent from the specified rights holders.
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