California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations (March 2023)
On July 8, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency commenced the formal rulemaking process to adopt regulations to implement the Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). The proposed regulations: (1) update existing CCPA regulations to harmonize them with CPRA amendments to the CCPA; (2) operationalize new rights and concepts introduced by the CPRA to provide clarity and specificity to implement the law; and (3) reorganize and consolidate requirements set forth in the law to make the regulations easier to follow and understand.
Notice Register Publication Date: July 8, 2022
Status of the Proposal: The rulemaking is complete. On March 29, 2023, the Office of Administrative Law approved the California Privacy Protection Agency’s regulations and filed them with the Secretary of State. The regulations became effective on March 29, 2023.
Final rulemaking documents
- Notice of Approval
- Final Regulations Text
- Final Statement of Reasons
- Final Statement of Reasons Addendum
- Final Statement of Reasons – Appendix A (45-Day Comment Summaries and Responses)
- Final Statement of Reasons – Appendix B (45-Day Commenter Index)
- Final Statement of Reasons – Appendix C (15-Day Comment Summaries and Responses)
- Final Statement of Reasons – Appendix D (15-Day Commenter Index)
- Final Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement (STD 399)
- Final STD 399 Addendum
- Updated Informative Digest
Rulemaking activities
November 3, 2022 – Public Notice of Modifications to Proposed Regulations and Additional Materials Relied Upon
- Notice of Modifications to Text of Proposed Regulations and Additional Materials Relied Upon
- Modified Text of Proposed Regulations
- Additional Documents and Information Relied Upon
- Comments received during the November 3, 2025 – November 21, 2025 comment period
July 8, 2022 - Public Notice of Rulemaking and Related Documents
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Text of Proposed Regulations
- Initial Statement of Reasons
- Appendix A to Initial Statement of Reasons, Materials Relied On
- Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement (STD 399)
- STD 399 Attachment
- Written comments received during the July 8, 2022 – August 25, 2022 public comment period
- Written comments received after the July 8, 2022 – August 25, 2022 public comment period
- Index of written comments
- August 24-25, 2022 Public Comment Hearing
- Event
- Transcript, including any oral comments received
- Webcast
Preliminary rulemaking activities
May 2022 Pre-rulemaking Stakeholder Sessions
The Agency held a set of stakeholder sessions on May 4th, May 5th, and May 6th, 2022 to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to speak on topics relevant to the upcoming rulemaking. To assist in accommodating the widest possible range of stakeholders, these meetings were held via videoconference.
- May 4–6, 2022 Pre-rulemaking Stakeholder Session
- Event
- Transcript, including any oral comments received
- Webcast
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March 29-30, 2022 - Pre-rulemaking Informational Sessions
The Agency held a set of instructive informational sessions on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 and Wednesday, March 30, 2022 to inform the Agency Board, Agency staff, and the public on topics relevant to the upcoming rulemaking.
- Event
- Transcript, included any oral comments received
- Webcast