Bill Text: CA AB2511 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: The Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 872, Statutes of 2018. [AB2511 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2511-Amended.html
Amended
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May 30, 2018 |
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May 07, 2018 |
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April 23, 2018 |
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March 21, 2018 |
Assembly Bill | No. 2511 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Chau |
February 14, 2018 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing federal law requires an operator of an Internet Web site or online service directed to a child, as defined, or an operator of an Internet Web site or online service that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child to provide notice of what information is being collected and how that information is being used, and to give the parents of the child the opportunity to refuse to permit the operator's further collection of information from the child.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Title 1.81.5 (commencing with Section 1798.99.1) is added to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, to read:TITLE 1.81.5. The Parent’s Social Media Internet Accountability and Child Protection Act
(a)(1)A person or business that conducts business in California, that operates an Internet Web site or application that seeks to use a minor’s name, picture, or any information about the minor on a social media Internet Web site or application pursuant to an arrangement in which the person or business is paid by a third party to display
the minor’s name, picture, or information that could reasonably identify the minor shall not do so without obtaining prior parental consent, which shall be separate from the social media Internet Web site or the application’s general terms and conditions. The failure of a parent to provide the parental consent to the use of the minor’s name, picture, or information shall not result in any minor being denied access to the social media Internet Web site or application.
(2)Parental consent shall not be obtained through the minor.
(b)
1798.99.1.
(a) (1) A person or business that conducts business in California, that operates an Internet Web site or application, and that seeks to sell any product or service that is illegal under state law to sell to a minor, as described in(1)Notwithstanding any general term condition, take reasonable steps to verify the age of the purchaser.
(2)Not deliver, or cause to be delivered, any proscribed products or services, as described in subdivision (c), to a person under 18 years of age, or, in the case of alcohol, under 21 years of
age.
(c)
(1)Alcoholic beverages, as referenced in Sections 23003 to 23007, inclusive, and Section 25658 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2)Firearms or handguns, as referenced in Sections 16520, 16640, and 27505 of the Penal Code.
(3)Ammunition or reloaded ammunition, as referenced in Sections 16150 and 30300 of the Penal Code.
(4)
(5)
(6)Any tobacco, cigarette, or cigarette papers, or blunt wraps, or any other preparation of tobacco, or any other instrument or paraphernalia that is designed for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco, products prepared from tobacco, or any controlled substance, as referenced in Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950) of the Business and Professions Code, and Sections 308, 308.1, 308.2, and 308.3 of the Penal Code.
(7) A BB device, as referenced in Sections 16250 and 19910 of the Penal Code.
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)Electronic cigarettes, as referenced in Section 119406 of the Health and Safety Code.
(13)Obscene matter, as referenced in Section 311 of the Penal Code.
(14)A less lethal weapon, as referenced in Sections 16780 and 19405 of the Penal Code.