Newsom Signs Slate of AI Workplace Laws, Barring ‘Robo Bosses’ and Surveillance

After vetoing a previous version of the “robo bosses” legislation last year, Newsom signed a narrower version in SB 947, which takes effect in July of 2027. Meant to counter the “boss-ware” software surging in popularity, the law requires a human to corroborate firing or disciplinary decisions, and workers must be told when such a system was used.

“We need to put a floor and put a marker out there that AI systems really shouldn’t be controlling human society. And this is the one way that it can happen,” said state Sen. Jerry McNerney of Pleasanton, the bill’s author. “Nobody wants to be fired by a machine.”

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