Bill Text: CA AB2912 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2912 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Consumer warranties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, Statutes of 2022. [AB2912 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2912-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2912

Introduced by Assembly Member Berman

February 18, 2022

An act to amend Section 1792 of the Civil Code, relating to consumer warranties.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2912, as introduced, Berman. Consumer warranties.

The Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act provides that every sale of consumer goods that are sold at retail in this state are accompanied by the manufacturer’s and the seller’s implied warranty that the goods are merchantable, unless disclaimed in a prescribed manner.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

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

SECTION 1.

Section 1792 of the Civil Code is amended to read:

1792.

Unless disclaimed in ~~the~~ a manner prescribed by this chapter, every sale of consumer goods that are sold at retail in this state shall be accompanied by the manufacturer’s and the retail seller’s implied warranty that the goods are merchantable. The retail seller shall have a right of indemnity against the manufacturer in the amount of any liability under this section.