Texas passed a law known as SB8 that allows people who aren’t connected to an abortion to sue anyone who performs or facilitates an abortion after six weeks, and they can receive up to $10,000 in damages. "If they’re going to use this framework to put women's lives at risk, we're going to use it to save people's lives here in the state of California," Newsom said in July when he signed an idea of his into law. Newsom mirrored the law here in California, but instead of abortions, he did it for guns. Private citizens can sue anyone who violates the state’s laws when it comes to the manufacturing, distribution or sale of illegal weapons in California. "There are 40 million people who can collect $10,000,” said Newsom. MORE: New CA law allows lawsuits against sale, distribution of illegal weapons