{"id":1220,"date":"2025-10-17T08:21:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2025-10-17T08:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:21:53","slug":"calif-governor-rejects-no-robo-bosses-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/2025\/10\/17\/calif-governor-rejects-no-robo-bosses-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Calif. Governor Rejects \u201cNo Robo Bosses\u201d Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Alex. W. Karasik, Brian L. Johnsrud, and George J. Schaller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duane Morris Takeaways: &nbsp;<\/strong>On October 13, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom, issued a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SB-7-Veto.pdf\">written statement<\/a>&nbsp;declining to sign Senate Bill 7 \u2013 called the \u201cNo Robo Bosses\u201d Act (the \u201cAct\u201d).&nbsp; While the Act aimed to restrict when and how employers could use automated decision-making systems and artificial intelligence, Governor Newsom rejected the proposed legislation in terms of the Act\u2019s broad drafting and unfocused notification requirements.&nbsp; Governor Newsom\u2019s statement reflects an initial rebuttal to a wave of pending AI regulations as states wrestle with suitable AI guidance.&nbsp; Given the pro-employee tendencies of Governor Newsom and California regulators generally, this outcome is a mild surprise.&nbsp; Employers nonetheless should expect continued scrutiny of AI regulations before enactment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This legislative activity surely sets the stage for what many believe is the next wave of class action litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See more on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/classactiondefense\/2025\/10\/16\/robo-boss-rejection-california-governor-newsom-pulls-the-plug-on-ai-bill-for-overly-broad-restrictions\/\">Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex. W. Karasik, Brian L. Johnsrud, and George J. Schaller Duane Morris Takeaways: &nbsp;On October 13, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom, issued a&nbsp;written statement&nbsp;declining to sign Senate Bill 7 \u2013 called the \u201cNo Robo Bosses\u201d Act (the \u201cAct\u201d).&nbsp; While the Act aimed to restrict when and how employers could use automated decision-making systems and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/2025\/10\/17\/calif-governor-rejects-no-robo-bosses-act\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Calif. Governor Rejects \u201cNo Robo Bosses\u201d Act&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1052],"tags":[1095,548,1264,1231,169,1182],"ppma_author":[878],"class_list":["post-1220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai","tag-alex-karasik","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-automated-decision-making","tag-brian-johnsrud","tag-california","tag-george-schaller"],"authors":[{"term_id":878,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1220"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}