The Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection Act: remedies.
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Overview
This bill, the Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection Act: remedies, strengthens California’s laws to prevent the sale of restricted products and services to minors. It increases penalties for businesses and individuals who sell these items to minors, including a tiered system of fines based on the severity of the violation – negligence, knowing violation, or intentional violation. The bill also requires online businesses to implement stricter age verification measures and allows courts to suspend businesses found in violation of the act.
Key provisions
- Increases civil penalties for businesses and individuals selling restricted items to minors.
- Establishes a tiered penalty system: negligence, knowing violation, and intentional violation.
- Requires online businesses to implement stricter age verification measures, such as requiring government-issued identification or non-prepaid credit cards.
- Allows parents or legal guardians to sue businesses for violations.
- Requires courts to suspend businesses found in violation of the act.
- Specifies a list of prohibited products and services, including firearms, tobacco, and electronic cigarettes.
- Defines ‘online business’ for the purposes of the law.
- Clarifies acceptable forms of identification for age verification.
Who is affected
- Businesses selling restricted products and services
- Individuals selling restricted products and services
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