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Bill Right to Repair Act. Existing law, the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, provides a comprehensive set of procedures for the enforcement of express and implied warranties on consumer goods, as defined. Under existing law, every manufacturer making an express warranty with respect to an electronic or appliance product, including televisions, radios, audio or video recording equipment, major home appliances, antennas, and rotators, with a wholesale price to the retailer of not less than $50 nor more than $99.99 is required to make available to service and repair facilities sufficient service literature and functional parts to effect the repair of the product for at least 3 years after the date a product model or type was manufactured, regardless of whether the 3-year period exceeds the warranty period for the product. Existing law also requires every manufacturer making an express warranty with respect to an electronic or appliance product, as described above, with a wholesale price to the retailer of $100 or more, to make available to service and repair facilities sufficient service literature and functional parts to effect the repair of the product for at least 7 years after the date a product model or type was manufactured, regardless of whether the 7-year period exceeds the warranty period for the product. us/states/ca California Legislature 20232024 SB 244 California SB 244 (20232024)
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California SB 244 (20232024) — Right to Repair Act.

Existing law, the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, provides a comprehensive set of procedures for the enforcement of express and implied warranties on consumer goods, as defined. Under existing law, every manufacturer making an express warranty with respect to an electronic or appliance product, including televisions, radios, audio or video recording equipment, major home appliances, antennas, and rotators, with a wholesale price to the retailer of not less than $50 nor more than $99.99 is required to make available to service and repair facilities sufficient service literature and functional parts to effect the repair of the product for at least 3 years after the date a product model or type was manufactured, regardless of whether the 3-year period exceeds the warranty period for the product. Existing law also requires every manufacturer making an express warranty with respect to an electronic or appliance product, as described above, with a wholesale price to the retailer of $100 or more, to make available to service and repair facilities sufficient service literature and functional parts to effect the repair of the product for at least 7 years after the date a product model or type was manufactured, regardless of whether the 7-year period exceeds the warranty period for the product.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. 01/25/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/27/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/13/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/15/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 06/21/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 06/29/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  9. 09/07/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  10. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  11. SB244 (committee substitute) — source
  12. 09/15/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended. — 12–1 (pass) · lower
  • SB 244 Eggman Senate Third Reading By Wicks — 65–1 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading SB244 Eggman et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
  • Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB244 Eggman et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Eggman — primary (person)
  • Bennett — coauthor (person)
  • Dodd — coauthor (person)
  • Haney — coauthor (person)
  • Kalra — coauthor (person)
  • Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
  • Skinner — coauthor (person)
  • Wicks — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-01-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-01-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 25.
  • 2023-02-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2023-03-21 Set for hearing April 11.
  • 2023-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 685.) (April 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-04-18 Set for hearing April 24.
  • 2023-04-24 April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
  • 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
  • 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1162.) (May 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1360.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2023-06-15 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2023-06-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-28 Coauthors revised.
  • 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-07-06 Coauthors revised.
  • 2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
  • 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 1. Page 3315.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2023-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2744.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
  • 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 704, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07a0f022-7f23-42d0-a51c-3746ed3a3a35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).

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