Bill Text: CA SB1095 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: In-vehicle cameras.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-25 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1095 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB1095-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
March 25, 2020 |
Introduced by Senator Wieckowski |
February 19, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provisions described above that limit the liability of a manufacturer.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The heading of Chapter 35 (commencing with Section 22948.20) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:CHAPTER 35. Connected Televisions and In-Vehicle Cameras
SEC. 2.
Section 22948.21 of the Business and Professions Code is amended and renumbered to read:22948.21.22948.22.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(b)
(c)
SEC. 3.
Section 22948.21 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:22948.21.
(a) A person or entity shall not provide for the operation of an in-vehicle camera within this state without prominently informing, during the purchase of the vehicle, either the user or the person designated by the user to purchase the vehicle of its installation.SEC. 4.
Section 22948.22 of the Business and Professions Code is amended and renumbered to read:22948.22.22948.23.
Any waiver of the provisions of this chapter is contrary to public policy and void and unenforceable.SEC. 5.
Section 22948.23 of the Business and Professions Code is amended and renumbered to read:22948.23.22948.24.
(a) Actions for relief pursuant to this chapter may be prosecuted exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General or by any district attorney. This chapter shall not be deemed to create a private right of action, or limit any existing private right of action.SEC. 6.
Section 22948.24 of the Business and Professions Code is amended and renumbered to read:22948.24.22948.25.
The remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of the state.SEC. 7.
Section 22948.25 of the Business and Professions Code is amended and renumbered to read:22948.25.22948.26.
The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application are held to be invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.(a)A person or entity shall not provide the operation of a voice recognition feature within this state without prominently informing, during the initial setup or installation of a connected television, either the user or the person designated by the user to perform the initial setup or installation of the connected television.
(b)Any actual recordings of spoken word collected through the operation of a voice recognition feature by the manufacturer of a connected television for the purpose of improving the voice recognition feature, including, but not limited to, the operation of an accessible user interface for people with disabilities, shall not be sold or used for any advertising purpose.
(c)Any actual recordings of spoken word collected through the operation of a voice recognition feature by a third party contracting with a manufacturer for the purpose of improving the voice recognition feature, including, but not limited to, the operation of an accessible user interface for people with disabilities, shall not be sold or used for any advertising purpose.
(d)A person or entity shall not compel a manufacturer or other entity providing the operation of a voice recognition feature to build specific features for the purpose of allowing an investigative or law enforcement officer to monitor communications through that feature.
(e)A manufacturer shall only be liable for functionality provided at the time of the original sale of a connected television and shall not be liable for functionality provided by
an application
that the user chooses to use in the cloud or an application that is downloaded and installed by a user.
(f)This chapter shall not apply to any product or service provided by a company covered under Section 637.5 of the Penal Code.