CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 785Introduced by Senator WienerFebruary 17, 2017 An act to add Sections 1760.1 and 1760.2 to the Civil Code, relating to consumer protection. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 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.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. 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.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 785Introduced by Senator WienerFebruary 17, 2017 An act to add Sections 1760.1 and 1760.2 to the Civil Code, relating to consumer protection. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 785
Introduced by Senator WienerFebruary 17, 2017
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
## 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.
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.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
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.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## 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.
SECTION 1. Section 1760.1 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SEC. 2. Section 1760.2 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
### SEC. 2.
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.
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.
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.
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.