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ASSEMBLY BILL 3222 (DEDDEH – 1978)

CHAPTER 536, STATUTES OF 1978 - AB 3222

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Business and Professions Code section 16750 was amended in 1978 following legislative approval of Assembly Bill 3222, which affected this section only. (See Exhibits #1b and #2) This bill was introduced on March 27, 1978 by Assembly member Wadie P. Deddeh at the suggestion of a constituent attorney, Mr. William Bower.  (See Exhibits #1a; #3; #5; and #6, document SP 1) 

Following its introduction, Assembly Bill 3222 was heard in the Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary.  (See Exhibits #2, #3 and #5)  The measure proceeded through the Legislature without amendment.  (See Exhibits #1b and #2)  Assembly Bill 3222 was signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., on August 24, 1978, and it was thereafter recorded by the Secretary of State as Chapter 536 of the Statutes of 1978.  (See Exhibits #1b and #2) 

The Senate Committee on Judiciary analysis of Assembly Bill 3222 provided the following statement regarding the purpose of the bill:

The purpose of the bill is to prevent a federal case interpretation of the Sherman Act precluding an indirect purchaser’s standing to sue in antitrust actions from being applied to actions under the Cartwright Act.
(See Exhibit #5, page 1)