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

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-Enrolled.html

Enrolled September 01, 2022

Passed IN Senate August 29, 2022

Passed IN Assembly August 30, 2022

Amended IN Senate August 18, 2022

Amended IN Assembly May 04, 2022

Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2912

Introduced by Assembly Member Berman

February 18, 2022

An act to amend Section 1793 of, and to add Section 1793.01 to, the Civil Code, relating to consumer warranties.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2912, 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. Existing law does not limit the ability of a manufacturer, distributor, or retail seller to make an express warranty, except as specified.

This bill would require an express warranty made by a manufacturer, distributor, or retail seller to start no earlier than the date of delivery of the good.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 1793 of the Civil Code is amended to read:

1793.

Except as provided in Sections 1793.01 and 1793.02, nothing in this chapter shall affect the right of the manufacturer, distributor, or retailer to make express warranties with respect to consumer goods. However, a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer, in transacting a sale in which express warranties are given, may not limit, modify, or disclaim the implied warranties guaranteed by this chapter to the sale of consumer goods.

SEC. 2.

Section 1793.01 is added to the Civil Code, to read:

1793.01.

A manufacturer, distributor, or retail seller shall not make an express warranty with respect to a consumer good that commences earlier than the date of delivery of the good. This section does not limit an express warranty made before July 1, 2023.