---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pawnbrokers."
description: "Pawnbrokers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1297"
citation: "California AB 1297 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pawnbrokers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5416d82-531a-46e9-804b-06397f90cae3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1297"
source_hash: "ec53e90f56e69b04edfebc49a9154834c1c84cf35727603d771d7f175059a182"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1297 (20012002) — Pawnbrokers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1297&version=20010AB129799INT)
2. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1297&version=20010AB129798AMD)
3. **04/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1297&version=20010AB129797AMD)
4. **10/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1297&version=20010AB129795CHP)
5. **AB1297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1297)
6. **08/28/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1297&version=20010AB129796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1297 Papan By Machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1297 Papan Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 505, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2001-08-29** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2476.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Com. on B., C. & I. T. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1802.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5416d82-531a-46e9-804b-06397f90cae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).