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California's bicameral state legislature
Whistleblower protections and public-facing information sharing are key instruments to increase transparency.
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Grant whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers
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AI Verified In SB-53, this sentence appears in the bill’s legislative findings about transparency, and the same bill goes on to create whistleblower protections for "covered employees" responsible for assessing, managing, or addressing critical AI safety risks, including anti-retaliation and protected disclosure rights. That makes the quote directly relevant to granting whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers and makes support for the statement substantially more likely. ([leginfo.legislature.ca.gov](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB53)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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AI Verified The quote explicitly endorses "whistleblower protections" as "key instruments" for increasing transparency, and in this bill that point appears alongside provisions protecting covered AI employees who disclose catastrophic-risk or legal-violation concerns. That context strongly supports granting such protections to AI safety researchers. ([leginfo.legislature.ca.gov](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB53)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago

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AI Verified The exact sentence appears verbatim at Section 1(h) of the official SB-53 bill text on the California Legislature site, under “The Legislature finds and declares all of the following,” so the quote is authentic and attributable to the Legislature. The source URL contains the quote, and the chaptered version on that page shows publication/approval on September 29, 2025, matching the stored date. ([leginfo.legislature.ca.gov](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB53)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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