On February 17, 2026, Senator Reyes introduced California SB 1130 to regulate the sale and use of wearable recording devices in places of business and to prohibit disabling lights that indicate recording. The bill proposes to add two code sections under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), both covered by the private right of action and $5,000 in statutory damages.
Section 632.8
(a) For purposes of this section and Section 632.9, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Place of business” means any physical office or retail establishment in which members of the public receive goods or services from the business.
(2) “Wearable recording device” means any device that can be worn on or attached to the body that has the capacity to make sound or video recordings or transmit data received by the device to another device or to the internet.
(b) A person shall not operate a wearable recording device to capture sound or video of any other person in any area within a place of business where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy unless the person operating the device has the explicit consent of that person to capture sound or video of that person.
(c) A person shall not disable any light or other device on a wearable recording device that indicates that the device is capturing sound or video….
Section 632.9
(a) A person or entity shall not manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce in this state any technology that enables a person to disable any light or other device on a wearable recording device that indicates that the device is capturing sound or video.
(b) A person in this state shall not purchase, trade for, or otherwise acquire the technology described in subdivision (a).
(c) A person in this state shall not use any technology to permanently or temporarily disable any light or other device on a wearable recording device that indicates that the device is capturing sound or video if the device would otherwise indicate that it is capturing sound or video….
