CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2915Introduced by Assembly Member CunninghamFebruary 18, 2022 An act to amend Section 17500 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2915, as introduced, Cunningham. False or misleading advertising.Existing law makes it a crime for a person, corporation, or association, or any employee of a corporation or association, to engage in specified untrue or misleading advertising practices.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.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 17500 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:17500. It is unlawful for any a person, firm, corporation corporation, or association, or any an employee thereof thereof, with intent directly or indirectly to dispose of real or personal property or to perform services, professional or otherwise, or anything of any nature whatsoever or to induce the public to enter into any an obligation relating thereto, to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated before the public in this state, or to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated from this state before the public in any state, in any a newspaper or other publication, or any an advertising device, or by public outcry or proclamation, or in any other manner or means whatever, means, including over the Internet, any internet, a statement, concerning that real or personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, or concerning any circumstance or matter of fact connected with the proposed performance or disposition thereof, which that is untrue or misleading, and which that is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, by the exercise of reasonable care, to be untrue or misleading, or for any a person, firm, or corporation to so make or disseminate or cause to be so made or disseminated any such statement as part of a plan or scheme with the intent not to sell that personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, so advertised at the price stated therein, or as so advertised. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2915Introduced by Assembly Member CunninghamFebruary 18, 2022 An act to amend Section 17500 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2915, as introduced, Cunningham. False or misleading advertising.Existing law makes it a crime for a person, corporation, or association, or any employee of a corporation or association, to engage in specified untrue or misleading advertising practices.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2915
Introduced by Assembly Member CunninghamFebruary 18, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham
February 18, 2022
An act to amend Section 17500 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2915, as introduced, Cunningham. False or misleading advertising.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person, corporation, or association, or any employee of a corporation or association, to engage in specified untrue or misleading advertising practices.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person, corporation, or association, or any employee of a corporation or association, to engage in specified untrue or misleading advertising practices.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 17500 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:17500. It is unlawful for any a person, firm, corporation corporation, or association, or any an employee thereof thereof, with intent directly or indirectly to dispose of real or personal property or to perform services, professional or otherwise, or anything of any nature whatsoever or to induce the public to enter into any an obligation relating thereto, to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated before the public in this state, or to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated from this state before the public in any state, in any a newspaper or other publication, or any an advertising device, or by public outcry or proclamation, or in any other manner or means whatever, means, including over the Internet, any internet, a statement, concerning that real or personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, or concerning any circumstance or matter of fact connected with the proposed performance or disposition thereof, which that is untrue or misleading, and which that is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, by the exercise of reasonable care, to be untrue or misleading, or for any a person, firm, or corporation to so make or disseminate or cause to be so made or disseminated any such statement as part of a plan or scheme with the intent not to sell that personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, so advertised at the price stated therein, or as so advertised. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
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 17500 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:17500. It is unlawful for any a person, firm, corporation corporation, or association, or any an employee thereof thereof, with intent directly or indirectly to dispose of real or personal property or to perform services, professional or otherwise, or anything of any nature whatsoever or to induce the public to enter into any an obligation relating thereto, to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated before the public in this state, or to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated from this state before the public in any state, in any a newspaper or other publication, or any an advertising device, or by public outcry or proclamation, or in any other manner or means whatever, means, including over the Internet, any internet, a statement, concerning that real or personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, or concerning any circumstance or matter of fact connected with the proposed performance or disposition thereof, which that is untrue or misleading, and which that is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, by the exercise of reasonable care, to be untrue or misleading, or for any a person, firm, or corporation to so make or disseminate or cause to be so made or disseminated any such statement as part of a plan or scheme with the intent not to sell that personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, so advertised at the price stated therein, or as so advertised. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
SECTION 1. Section 17500 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
17500. It is unlawful for any a person, firm, corporation corporation, or association, or any an employee thereof thereof, with intent directly or indirectly to dispose of real or personal property or to perform services, professional or otherwise, or anything of any nature whatsoever or to induce the public to enter into any an obligation relating thereto, to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated before the public in this state, or to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated from this state before the public in any state, in any a newspaper or other publication, or any an advertising device, or by public outcry or proclamation, or in any other manner or means whatever, means, including over the Internet, any internet, a statement, concerning that real or personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, or concerning any circumstance or matter of fact connected with the proposed performance or disposition thereof, which that is untrue or misleading, and which that is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, by the exercise of reasonable care, to be untrue or misleading, or for any a person, firm, or corporation to so make or disseminate or cause to be so made or disseminated any such statement as part of a plan or scheme with the intent not to sell that personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, so advertised at the price stated therein, or as so advertised. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
17500. It is unlawful for any a person, firm, corporation corporation, or association, or any an employee thereof thereof, with intent directly or indirectly to dispose of real or personal property or to perform services, professional or otherwise, or anything of any nature whatsoever or to induce the public to enter into any an obligation relating thereto, to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated before the public in this state, or to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated from this state before the public in any state, in any a newspaper or other publication, or any an advertising device, or by public outcry or proclamation, or in any other manner or means whatever, means, including over the Internet, any internet, a statement, concerning that real or personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, or concerning any circumstance or matter of fact connected with the proposed performance or disposition thereof, which that is untrue or misleading, and which that is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, by the exercise of reasonable care, to be untrue or misleading, or for any a person, firm, or corporation to so make or disseminate or cause to be so made or disseminated any such statement as part of a plan or scheme with the intent not to sell that personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, so advertised at the price stated therein, or as so advertised. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
17500. It is unlawful for any a person, firm, corporation corporation, or association, or any an employee thereof thereof, with intent directly or indirectly to dispose of real or personal property or to perform services, professional or otherwise, or anything of any nature whatsoever or to induce the public to enter into any an obligation relating thereto, to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated before the public in this state, or to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated from this state before the public in any state, in any a newspaper or other publication, or any an advertising device, or by public outcry or proclamation, or in any other manner or means whatever, means, including over the Internet, any internet, a statement, concerning that real or personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, or concerning any circumstance or matter of fact connected with the proposed performance or disposition thereof, which that is untrue or misleading, and which that is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, by the exercise of reasonable care, to be untrue or misleading, or for any a person, firm, or corporation to so make or disseminate or cause to be so made or disseminated any such statement as part of a plan or scheme with the intent not to sell that personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, so advertised at the price stated therein, or as so advertised. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
17500. It is unlawful for any a person, firm, corporation corporation, or association, or any an employee thereof thereof, with intent directly or indirectly to dispose of real or personal property or to perform services, professional or otherwise, or anything of any nature whatsoever or to induce the public to enter into any an obligation relating thereto, to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated before the public in this state, or to make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated from this state before the public in any state, in any a newspaper or other publication, or any an advertising device, or by public outcry or proclamation, or in any other manner or means whatever, means, including over the Internet, any internet, a statement, concerning that real or personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, or concerning any circumstance or matter of fact connected with the proposed performance or disposition thereof, which that is untrue or misleading, and which that is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, by the exercise of reasonable care, to be untrue or misleading, or for any a person, firm, or corporation to so make or disseminate or cause to be so made or disseminated any such statement as part of a plan or scheme with the intent not to sell that personal property or those services, professional or otherwise, so advertised at the price stated therein, or as so advertised. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that imprisonment and fine.