CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill No. 785

Introduced by Senator Wiener

February 17, 2017

An act to add Sections 1760.1 and 1760.2 to the Civil Code, relating to consumer protection.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 785, as introduced, Wiener. Consumer protection: firearms and ammunition.
Existing law, the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (act), prohibits certain enumerated unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result, or which results in, the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer. The act provides for relief through actions for damages, injunctive relief, and restitution, among other remedies.
This bill would state that the act applies to firearms and ammunition, and provide that a violation of the act regarding firearms or ammunition is actionable under the act.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 1760.1 is added to the Civil Code, to read:

1760.1.
 Except as otherwise provided, this title applies to all consumer transactions, including any transaction in which the subject of the transaction is a firearm or ammunition. This provision is declaratory of existing law.

SEC. 2.

 Section 1760.2 is added to the Civil Code, to read:

1760.2.
 A person who violates this title, or engages in conduct proscribed by this title, in connection with a consumer transaction involving a firearm or ammunition, is in violation of a statute specifically applicable to the sale or marketing of firearms or ammunition, and the violation is actionable pursuant to this title.