---
type: "Bill"
title: "Point-of-sale systems."
description: "Existing law provides the criteria and methodology, as specified, by which local officials are to measure and verify the accuracy of a point-of-sale system used by retail establishments as a means for determining the price of an item being purchased by a consumer. Existing law repeals those provisions on January 1, 2014."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 482"
citation: "California SB 482 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Point-of-sale systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d6c9c08-6bd3-47d9-9b3b-1677bf016286"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB482"
source_hash: "3e0493d2395038899b3c2630a11e63e4f36344bfbb7a68a71cf024ec4caa6381"
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 SB 482 (20132014) — Point-of-sale systems.

Existing law provides the criteria and methodology, as specified, by which local officials are to measure and verify the accuracy of a point-of-sale system used by retail establishments as a means for determining the price of an item being purchased by a consumer. Existing law repeals those provisions on January 1, 2014.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB482&version=20130SB48299INT)
2. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB482&version=20130SB48297CHP)
3. **SB482** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB482)
4. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB482&version=20130SB48298ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 482 Hill Senate Third Reading By GORDON — **76–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 388.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 577.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** From consent calendar.
- **2013-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 2512.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2013-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 166, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d6c9c08-6bd3-47d9-9b3b-1677bf016286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).