{
 "record_id": "WTA-R-US-CA-0004-005",
 "kind": "obligation",
 "record": {
  "record_id": "WTA-R-US-CA-0004-005",
  "provision": "Section 22757.12(e)",
  "applies_to": [
   "Developers"
  ],
  "duty": "Do not make materially false or misleading statements about catastrophic risk from frontier models or its management, or, for large frontier developers, about implementing or complying with the frontier AI framework.",
  "type": "Transparency to users",
  "status": "applies now",
  "applies_from": "2026-01-01",
  "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-US-CA-0004-005/",
  "rule": {
   "record_id": "WTA-R-US-CA-0004",
   "id": "us-ca-sb53-tfaia-2025",
   "title": "Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 53)",
   "jurisdiction": "US-CA",
   "jurisdiction_name": "California",
   "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-ca-sb53-tfaia-2025/"
  },
  "penalty": "Civil penalty up to $1,000,000 per violation, scaled to severity, recovered only by the Attorney General; applies to large frontier developers (Bus. & Prof. Code 22757.15).",
  "scope_note": "Does not apply to statements made in good faith that were reasonable in the circumstances (22757.12(e)(2)).",
  "date_note": "SB 53, Chapter 138, Statutes of 2025, approved 29 Sep 2025; in effect 1 Jan 2026.",
  "source_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=22757.12",
  "verified_on": "2026-10-08",
  "citation": "WTA-R-US-CA-0004-005: Section 22757.12(e), Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 53). wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-US-CA-0004-005/ (checked 2026-10-08)."
 },
 "history": [],
 "note": "Informational, not legal advice. Every record links to its official source; check it before relying on a record. Cite as \"Source: wheresthe.ai\"."
}