In between, and sometimes during, the soccer matches this past weekend, I have been thinking about the strange journey of California SB 690. It has been amended (again) and re-referred to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Assemblywoman Machado, Vice Chair of the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, is now a co-sponsor. All things being equal, this probably bodes well for the passage of the bill, in some form. I say some form because you can expect a healthy amount of discussion (jostling) between now and August 31, 2026, the drop-dead date for passing the bill, in both chambers. Recall, perhaps, that after being introduced on February 21, 2025, the bill passed the Senate on June 3, 2025, on a 35-0 vote. It was then referred to the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection, where more than a year later, on July 1, 2026, it was heard and passed as amended.…