California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

AB 1906 — Information privacy: connected devices.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 860, Statutes of 2018.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires a business to take all reasonable steps to dispose of customer records within its custody or control containing personal information when the records are no longer to be retained by the business by shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying the personal information in those records to make it unreadable or undecipherable. Existing law also requires a business that owns, licenses, or maintains personal information about a California resident to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information, to protect the personal information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. Existing law authorizes a customer injured by a violation of these provisions to institute a civil action to recover damages. This bill, beginning on January 1, 2020, would require a manufacturer of a connected device, as those terms are defined, to equip the device with a reasonable security feature or features that are appropriate to the nature and function of the device, appropriate to the information it may collect, contain, or transmit, and designed to protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure, as specified. This bill would become operative only if SB 327 of the 2017–18 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 860, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 6990.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 5966.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16).

  11. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  12. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 26).

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  15. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  16. Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD.

  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 5371.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  21. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (May 1).

  22. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

  23. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.

  24. Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

  25. From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.

  26. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

AB 1906 IRWIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 60 Yea · 17 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 421501
Democratic 16000
Republican 2202
Total 601703
% of votes cast 75%21%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Medina — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Gray — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Fong — Nay
Harper — Nay
Holden — Yea
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Waldron — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB1906 Irwin et al. By Jackson

Passed 29 Yea · 8 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 24803
Democratic 5000
Total 29803
% of votes cast 73%20%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Chang — Not Voting
Delgado — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Hill — Yea
De León — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Moorlach — Not Voting
Morrell — Nay
Vidak — Nay
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 1906 IRWIN Assembly Third Reading

Passed 56 Yea · 16 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 15000
Unaffiliated 401304
Republican 1302
Total 561606
% of votes cast 72%21%0%8%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Harper — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chau — Yea
Medina — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gray — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Burke — Yea
Holden — Yea
Fong — Nay
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Not Voting
Cunningham — Nay
Daly — Yea
Mayes — Not Voting
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Nay
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Waldron — Nay
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Brough — Nay
Chu — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1906 do?
Existing law requires a business to take all reasonable steps to dispose of customer records within its custody or control containing personal information when the records are no longer to be retained by the business by shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying the personal information in those records to make it unreadable or undecipherable. Existing law also requires a business that owns, licenses, or maintains personal information about a California resident to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information, to protect the personal information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. Existing law authorizes a customer injured by a violation of these provisions to institute a civil action to recover damages. This bill, beginning on January 1, 2020, would require a manufacturer of a connected device, as those terms are defined, to equip the device with a reasonable security feature or features that are appropriate to the nature and function of the device, appropriate to the information it may collect, contain, or transmit, and designed to protect the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure, as specified. This bill would become operative only if SB 327 of the 2017–18 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective.
Who sponsors AB 1906?
AB 1906 is sponsored by Irwin, Jacqui (Democratic) and Jackson, Corey A. (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 1906?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2018. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1906?
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