BILL NUMBER: SB 932	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 17, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 108670) to Part
3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to product
safety.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 932, as amended, Leno. Cellular telephones: notice requirement.

   Existing law regulates the labeling requirements for various
consumer products.
   This bill would require a specified notice relating to
radiofrequency energy emitted by a cellular telephone to be
prominently displayed by the retailer of the cellular telephone 
in California  immediately adjacent to the displayed purchase
price at the physical retail location and on the retailer's Internet
Web sites, and on the cellular telephone's exterior packaging or on a
label attached to that exterior packaging.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 108670) is added
to Part 3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 5.5.  CELLULAR TELEPHONES


   108670.  (a) A retailer of a cellular telephone  in California
 shall prominently display the notice in subdivision (b) as
follows:
   (1) Immediately adjacent to the displayed purchase price at the
retailer's physical locations and on the retailer's Internet Web
sites.
   (2) On the exterior of the cellular telephone's packaging or on a
label attached to the cellular telephone's exterior packaging.
   (b) The following notice shall be clearly printed:

   "This device emits radiofrequency energy.  Do not hold or
carry it directly against the body when connected to a network or you
may be exposed to levels greater than the safety limit established
by the Federal Communications Commission.  Consult the user'
s manual for additional information on safe use."