The California Assembly approved AB 1709, a social-media and children’s safety bill, by a 72-0 vote on May 28 after extended floor debate, according to the Assembly floor session transcript.
During the debate, supporters framed the measure as a response to social-media harms affecting children. The transcript summary identifies AB 1709 as one of the session’s higher-profile bills and says it drew extensive remarks on youth harms before the unanimous roll call vote.
The bill’s passage came during a long floor session that also moved through a wide range of measures on housing, public health, energy, schools and other topics. But AB 1709 stood out as the clearest high-salience policy action of the day because it advanced with unanimous support after sustained discussion.
The source material does not include the bill text or the latest amendment language, and it does not show the measure’s next committee referral or Senate path. It also does not identify all of the principal speakers by name, so this report is limited to the action recorded in the Assembly transcript.
