CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1906Introduced by Assembly Member IrwinJanuary 22, 2018 An act to add Chapter 36 (commencing with Section 22948.30) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business regulations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1906, as introduced, Irwin. Business regulations: information privacy: connected devices: security features.Existing law requires a device that includes an integrated and enabled wireless access point and that is sold as new in California for use in a small office, home office, or residential setting to be manufactured to include certain security warnings or advisories about protection against unauthorized access. Existing law also prohibits a person or entity from providing for the operation of a voice recognition feature in California without prominently informing, during initial setup or installation of a connected television, either the user or person designated by the user to perform the initial setup or installation of the connected television.This bill would require a manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California to equip the connected device, as defined, with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, to protect the device and any information contained within it from unauthorized access or use. The bill would require the equipped security features for any connected device to include either a security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold, or a security feature that requires the user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 36 (commencing with Section 22948.30) is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read: CHAPTER 36. Internet of Things Botnet Prevention Act22948.30. For purposes of this chapter, connected device means any device, sensor, or other physical object that is capable of connecting to the Internet, directly or indirectly, or to another connected device.22948.31. (a) A manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California shall equip the connected device with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, that protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access or use.(b) The equipped security features for any connected devices shall include either of the following:(1) A security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold.(2) A security feature that requires a user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1906Introduced by Assembly Member IrwinJanuary 22, 2018 An act to add Chapter 36 (commencing with Section 22948.30) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business regulations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1906, as introduced, Irwin. Business regulations: information privacy: connected devices: security features.Existing law requires a device that includes an integrated and enabled wireless access point and that is sold as new in California for use in a small office, home office, or residential setting to be manufactured to include certain security warnings or advisories about protection against unauthorized access. Existing law also prohibits a person or entity from providing for the operation of a voice recognition feature in California without prominently informing, during initial setup or installation of a connected television, either the user or person designated by the user to perform the initial setup or installation of the connected television.This bill would require a manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California to equip the connected device, as defined, with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, to protect the device and any information contained within it from unauthorized access or use. The bill would require the equipped security features for any connected device to include either a security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold, or a security feature that requires the user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1906
Introduced by Assembly Member IrwinJanuary 22, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Irwin
January 22, 2018
An act to add Chapter 36 (commencing with Section 22948.30) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business regulations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1906, as introduced, Irwin. Business regulations: information privacy: connected devices: security features.
Existing law requires a device that includes an integrated and enabled wireless access point and that is sold as new in California for use in a small office, home office, or residential setting to be manufactured to include certain security warnings or advisories about protection against unauthorized access. Existing law also prohibits a person or entity from providing for the operation of a voice recognition feature in California without prominently informing, during initial setup or installation of a connected television, either the user or person designated by the user to perform the initial setup or installation of the connected television.This bill would require a manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California to equip the connected device, as defined, with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, to protect the device and any information contained within it from unauthorized access or use. The bill would require the equipped security features for any connected device to include either a security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold, or a security feature that requires the user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.
Existing law requires a device that includes an integrated and enabled wireless access point and that is sold as new in California for use in a small office, home office, or residential setting to be manufactured to include certain security warnings or advisories about protection against unauthorized access. Existing law also prohibits a person or entity from providing for the operation of a voice recognition feature in California without prominently informing, during initial setup or installation of a connected television, either the user or person designated by the user to perform the initial setup or installation of the connected television.
This bill would require a manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California to equip the connected device, as defined, with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, to protect the device and any information contained within it from unauthorized access or use. The bill would require the equipped security features for any connected device to include either a security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold, or a security feature that requires the user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 36 (commencing with Section 22948.30) is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read: CHAPTER 36. Internet of Things Botnet Prevention Act22948.30. For purposes of this chapter, connected device means any device, sensor, or other physical object that is capable of connecting to the Internet, directly or indirectly, or to another connected device.22948.31. (a) A manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California shall equip the connected device with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, that protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access or use.(b) The equipped security features for any connected devices shall include either of the following:(1) A security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold.(2) A security feature that requires a user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 36 (commencing with Section 22948.30) is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read: CHAPTER 36. Internet of Things Botnet Prevention Act22948.30. For purposes of this chapter, connected device means any device, sensor, or other physical object that is capable of connecting to the Internet, directly or indirectly, or to another connected device.22948.31. (a) A manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California shall equip the connected device with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, that protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access or use.(b) The equipped security features for any connected devices shall include either of the following:(1) A security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold.(2) A security feature that requires a user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.
SECTION 1. Chapter 36 (commencing with Section 22948.30) is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
CHAPTER 36. Internet of Things Botnet Prevention Act22948.30. For purposes of this chapter, connected device means any device, sensor, or other physical object that is capable of connecting to the Internet, directly or indirectly, or to another connected device.22948.31. (a) A manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California shall equip the connected device with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, that protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access or use.(b) The equipped security features for any connected devices shall include either of the following:(1) A security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold.(2) A security feature that requires a user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.
CHAPTER 36. Internet of Things Botnet Prevention Act22948.30. For purposes of this chapter, connected device means any device, sensor, or other physical object that is capable of connecting to the Internet, directly or indirectly, or to another connected device.22948.31. (a) A manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California shall equip the connected device with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, that protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access or use.(b) The equipped security features for any connected devices shall include either of the following:(1) A security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold.(2) A security feature that requires a user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.
CHAPTER 36. Internet of Things Botnet Prevention Act
CHAPTER 36. Internet of Things Botnet Prevention Act
22948.30. For purposes of this chapter, connected device means any device, sensor, or other physical object that is capable of connecting to the Internet, directly or indirectly, or to another connected device.
22948.30. For purposes of this chapter, connected device means any device, sensor, or other physical object that is capable of connecting to the Internet, directly or indirectly, or to another connected device.
22948.31. (a) A manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California shall equip the connected device with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, that protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access or use.(b) The equipped security features for any connected devices shall include either of the following:(1) A security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold.(2) A security feature that requires a user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.
22948.31. (a) A manufacturer that sells or offers to sell a connected device in California shall equip the connected device with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature of the device and the information that it may collect, contain, or transmit, that protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access or use.
(b) The equipped security features for any connected devices shall include either of the following:
(1) A security feature that requires a preprogrammed password for access that is unique to each device manufactured or sold.
(2) A security feature that requires a user to create a new password before access is granted for the first time.