California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1116 — Connected televisions.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2015.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law makes it a crime for a person who owns, controls, operates, or manages a satellite or cable television corporation to use an electronic device to record, transmit, or observe any events or listen to, record, or monitor any conversations that take place inside a subscriber's residence, workplace, or place of business, without obtaining the express written consent of the subscriber. Existing law requires a device that includes an integrated and enabled wireless access point that is sold as new in the state for use in a small office, home office, or residential setting to be manufactured to possess certain features or advisories, including, among others, protection on the device that requires an affirmative action by the consumer prior to allowing use of the product and an advisory for the consumer regarding how to protect his or her wireless network connection from unauthorized access. This bill would prohibit a person or entity from providing 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. This bill would further prohibit any actual recordings of spoken word collected through the operation of a voice recognition feature by the manufacturer of a connected television, or a 3rd party contracting with a manufacturer of a connected television, for the purpose of improving the voice recognition feature from being sold or used for any advertising purpose. This bill would prohibit a person or entity from compelling 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. This bill would limit the liability of a manufacturer to functionality provided at the time of the original sale of a connected television and specifically exclude liability for functionality provided by applications that the user chooses to use in the cloud or are downloaded and installed by a user. This bill would define terms for its purposes. This bill would prohibit a waiver of these prohibitions and authorize their enforcement by injunction or civil penalty in a court of competent jurisdiction by the Attorney General or a district attorney. This bill specifies that its provisions shall not be deemed to create a private right of action or limit any existing private right of action. This bill would provide that these provisions are severable.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3019.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2990.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2591.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  10. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From Consent Calendar.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  13. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

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

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14).

  16. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  17. In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  18. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  19. Referred to Com. on JUD.

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

  21. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1563.)

  22. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  23. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13).

  24. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. Read second time and amended.

  26. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 28).

  27. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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

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

  30. Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.

  31. Read first time.

  32. From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.

  33. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection · Primary
  • Dababneh · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Dababneh

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 1116 P. & C.P. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GATTO

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 67004
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Dababneh — Not Voting
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB1116 Committee On P. & C.P. (Gatto) By Leno

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 1116 P. & C.P. Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 65005
Democratic 4000
Republican 5001
Total 74006
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Not Voting
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Harper — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Olsen — Not Voting
Perea — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Kim — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Campos — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Daly — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

civil-rights technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1116 do?
Existing law makes it a crime for a person who owns, controls, operates, or manages a satellite or cable television corporation to use an electronic device to record, transmit, or observe any events or listen to, record, or monitor any conversations that take place inside a subscriber's residence, workplace, or place of business, without obtaining the express written consent of the subscriber. Existing law requires a device that includes an integrated and enabled wireless access point that is sold as new in the state for use in a small office, home office, or residential setting to be manufactured to possess certain features or advisories, including, among others, protection on the device that requires an affirmative action by the consumer prior to allowing use of the product and an advisory for the consumer regarding how to protect his or her wireless network connection from unauthorized access. This bill would prohibit a person or entity from providing 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. This bill would further prohibit any actual recordings of spoken word collected through the operation of a voice recognition feature by the manufacturer of a connected television, or a 3rd party contracting with a manufacturer of a connected television, for the purpose of improving the voice recognition feature from being sold or used for any advertising purpose. This bill would prohibit a person or entity from compelling 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. This bill would limit the liability of a manufacturer to functionality provided at the time of the original sale of a connected television and specifically exclude liability for functionality provided by applications that the user chooses to use in the cloud or are downloaded and installed by a user. This bill would define terms for its purposes. This bill would prohibit a waiver of these prohibitions and authorize their enforcement by injunction or civil penalty in a court of competent jurisdiction by the Attorney General or a district attorney. This bill specifies that its provisions shall not be deemed to create a private right of action or limit any existing private right of action. This bill would provide that these provisions are severable.
Who sponsors AB 1116?
AB 1116 is sponsored by Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection and Dababneh.
What is the current status of AB 1116?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2015. Enacted.
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