---
type: "Bill"
title: "Point-of-sale devices."
description: "Point-of-sale devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2312"
citation: "California AB 2312 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Point-of-sale devices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutra"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6880dc0-c3df-4882-b249-fdf7f4c05ba2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312"
source_hash: "b98cb5a6aaecbaf424868cc11580459fa0b7ca1bc6ff5be0a5e067afe34b65b9"
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 2312 (20032004) — Point-of-sale devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312&version=20030AB231299INT)
2. **03/31/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312&version=20030AB231298AMD)
3. **04/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312&version=20030AB231297AMD)
4. **06/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312&version=20030AB231296AMD)
5. **08/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312&version=20030AB231295AMD)
6. **08/18/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312&version=20030AB231294AMD)
7. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312&version=20030AB231293AMD)
8. **09/24/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312&version=20030AB231291CHP)
9. **AB2312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312)
10. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2312&version=20030AB231292ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2312 dutra concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2312 dutra by florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2312 dutra assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutra — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Denham — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 760, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7721.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 10. Page 7729.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 5289.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., C. & I. T. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Com. on B., C. & I. T. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 3. Page 5411.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6880dc0-c3df-4882-b249-fdf7f4c05ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).