{"id":3516,"date":"2026-07-01T18:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:40:41","slug":"new-california-laws-taking-effect-july-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3516","title":{"rendered":"New California laws taking effect July 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>An array of new laws are set to take effect in California on July 1, 2026. These laws cover everything from streaming service advertisements to school bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3514\">Sharks sign veteran defenseman to four-year, $33 million contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a selection:<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOOD ALLERGIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SB 68: Under the new ADDE (Allergen Disclosure for Dining Experience) Act, restaurants in California with 20 or more locations are required to list major food allergens on their menus. Those allergens include milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat, soy and sesame.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOOD LABELING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AB 660: Starting July 1, food manufacturers are required to use standardized language for \u201cquality\u201d and \u201csafety\u201d dates. Products must use either \u201cbest if used by\u201d or \u201cbest if frozen by\u201d to indicate quality, or \u201cuse by\u201d or \u201cuse or freeze by\u201d to indicate food safety. The law also bans using \u201csell by\u201d dates that are visible for consumers. Eggs and infant formula are exempt from the new law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GUN SALES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AB 1127: Licensed firearm dealers must cease the sale of certain semiautomatic pistols, most notably Glock-style handguns, that this bill re-classifies as \u201cmachinegun-convertible pistols,\u201d due to a specific trigger mechanism that can be easily converted into an automatic weapon.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>AD VOLUME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SB 576: Beginning July 1, video streaming services like Netflix are prohibited from playing commercial advertisements louder than the accompanying video content. According to a statement from the Governor\u2019s office, the state law builds on the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, passed by Congress in 2010, which applied to broadcast television stations and cable operators.<\/p>\n<p><strong> ROBOTAXI RULES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AB 1777: Self-driving vehicles like Waymo robotaxis will be subject to traffic tickets starting July 1. Police will be able to issue citations to autonomous vehicles for violations, which will be sent to the Department of Motor Vehicles for penalty assessments. Self-driving cars must also be installed with a call line for emergency responders to talk to a remote human operator in the event the vehicle is involved in a crash or must be moved.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3512\">Help offered to the homeless around Taylor Swift\u2019s wedding spectacle at Madison Square Garden<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>SUICIDE HOTLINE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AB 727: Public middle and high schools, as well as public colleges and universities in California must include an LGBTQ+ suicide hotline and text line on student identification cards. The bill expands on existing law that requires public and private schools in the state serving students in grades 7 to 12 to have the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline numbers printed on student ID cards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SB 760: By July 1, public and private elementary, middle, and high schools must provide a clearly marked and well-maintained gender-neutral restroom that is available to students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SMARTPHONES IN SCHOOLS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AB 3216: All California school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education are required to adopt and implement policies that limit or prohibit student smartphone use on school campuses by July 1. Under the law, students will be allowed to use smartphones in case of emergency or if directed by school staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AFFORDABLE\u00a0 HOUSING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SB 79: The Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act preempts local governments to allow denser multi-family housing developments to be constructed near major transit stops, including bus routes and rail stations, across urban centers in the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRENATAL SERVICES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SB 669: July 1 is the deadline for the California Department of Public Health to establish a 10-year pilot project to allow rural hospitals to establish standby perinatal services to ensure safer maternal health access. The bill includes various criteria for selecting participating hospitals with regard to standards and resources.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3511\">Sharks sign Mason Marchment, son of former San Jose scout, defenseman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new laws cover everything from streaming service advertisements to school bathrooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New California laws taking effect July 1, 2026 - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3516\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New California laws taking effect July 1, 2026 - 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