---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secondhand goods: lost, stolen, or embezzled items."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the regulation of secondhand dealers, as defined, and makes it unlawful for a person to engage in the business of a secondhand dealer without a license issued by the chief of police, the sheriff, or, where appropriate, the police commission. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable by specified fines or imprisonment, or both, if a person knowingly violates the provisions regulating secondhand dealers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 762"
citation: "California SB 762 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secondhand goods: lost", "stolen", "or embezzled items."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c70ac9b1-0fbf-4917-a4ed-c0ae7f329d05"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB762"
source_hash: "1604750e5be09e0e7b2d3e5149cbb37f1406a52cf783996fb7633b79d0930f47"
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 762 (20132014) — Secondhand goods: lost, stolen, or embezzled items.

(1) Existing law provides for the regulation of secondhand dealers, as defined, and makes it unlawful for a person to engage in the business of a secondhand dealer without a license issued by the chief of police, the sheriff, or, where appropriate, the police commission. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable by specified fines or imprisonment, or both, if a person knowingly violates the provisions regulating secondhand dealers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB762&version=20130SB76299INT)
2. **04/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB762&version=20130SB76298AMD)
3. **06/04/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB762&version=20130SB76297AMD)
4. **08/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB762&version=20130SB76296AMD)
5. **09/20/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB762&version=20130SB76294CHP)
6. **SB762** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB762)
7. **09/09/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB762&version=20130SB76295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB762 Hill Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 762 Hill Senate Third Reading By BRADFORD — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-03** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-10** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2013-04-10** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-11** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2013-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 667.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 755.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2013-05-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 968.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-03** Referred to Coms. on B.,P. & C.P. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 2880.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2170.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 318, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c70ac9b1-0fbf-4917-a4ed-c0ae7f329d05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).