Bill Text: CA SB680 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 680 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Names.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-08-22 - Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon. [SB680 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB680-Amended.html

Amended IN Senate April 04, 2019

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 680

Introduced by Senator Wieckowski

February 22, 2019

An act to amend Section 1747.81 of the Civil Code, relating to credit cards.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 680, as amended, Wieckowski. Names.

Existing law, the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971, among other things, authorizes a credit card issuer to issue a card to a married woman bearing either her maiden name or her married name as the woman directs and also authorizes a credit card issuer to require a married woman requesting a card bearing her maiden name to open an account in that name.

This bill would delete the references to a woman and her maiden name and replace them with references to a person and a person’s ~~birth name.~~ legal name before marriage.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 1747.81 of the Civil Code is amended to read:

1747.81.

(a) If a card issuer has determined in the normal course of business that it will issue a card to a married person, the card shall be issued bearing either the ~~birth name~~ legal name before marriage or married name of the person, as the person may direct.

(b) ~~Card issuers~~ A card issuer may require a married person requesting a card bearing the person’s ~~birth name~~ legal name before marriage to open a new account in that name.