Decades ago, I worked for a laser animation company. We built lasers and created animated programs for planetarium laser shows and live events. It was a fun experience, but hella niche.

It could certainly be written better to more clearly state this, but I believe the intent is to only limit the data requested and stored for the purpose of age verification. This should not impact data collected or retained for other purposes.

Linking to the doc posted on the official.gov site: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043