The Alarm Company Act provides for the licensure and regulation of alarm company operators and the certification and registration of employees of alarm companies, including alarm agents, by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs. That act requires that specified installation agreements entered into by an alarm company pertaining to alarm systems, including, among others, lease agreements, monitoring agreements, and service agreements relating to those installation agreements, be in writing. The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) generally allows parties to contract to conduct transactions by electronic means, imposes specified requirements on electronic transactions in order to comply with the act, and provides specified protections for electronic transactions conducted pursuant to the act. UETA does not apply to certain transactions, including, among others, "home solicitation contracts," as defined. Existing law provides specified time periods for consumers to cancel a home solicitation contract, and requires specified disclosures and statements, and separately executed cancellation documents in connection with the execution of those contracts.
California AB 1097 (20152016) — Alarm companies: electronic transactions.
The Alarm Company Act provides for the licensure and regulation of alarm company operators and the certification and registration of employees of alarm companies, including alarm agents, by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs. That act requires that specified installation agreements entered into by an alarm company pertaining to alarm systems, including, among others, lease agreements, monitoring agreements, and service agreements relating to those installation agreements, be in writing. The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) generally allows parties to contract to conduct transactions by electronic means, imposes specified requirements on electronic transactions in order to comply with the act, and provides specified protections for electronic transactions conducted pursuant to the act. UETA does not apply to certain transactions, including, among others, "home solicitation contracts," as defined. Existing law provides specified time periods for consumers to cancel a home solicitation contract, and requires specified disclosures and statements, and separately executed cancellation documents in connection with the execution of those contracts.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1097 Holden By Hill — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1097 HOLDEN Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1097 HOLDEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Holden — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2015-05-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 5). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-05-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1454.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-28 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
2015-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-07-16 From Consent Calendar.
2015-07-16 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2618.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3080.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2015-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 439, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2d0b1cc-a4ab-4da6-af00-2fcc6bd62331. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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