---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pawnbrokers: compensation: loans."
description: "Existing law regulates pawnbrokers and sets the maximum compensation charged or received by pawnbrokers on loans to their customers. A knowing violation of the provisions regulating pawnbrokers is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "California SB 285 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pawnbrokers: compensation: loans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-19"
last_action: "2015-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93f6a6a3-9d87-4294-8fb5-6deda7b8f834"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB285"
source_hash: "bf8925ea69d3b9d9fa1931fdefccafc77121d39c2b9f9df668575aeae21933ed"
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 285 (20152016) — Pawnbrokers: compensation: loans.

Existing law regulates pawnbrokers and sets the maximum compensation charged or received by pawnbrokers on loans to their customers. A knowing violation of the provisions regulating pawnbrokers is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB285&version=20150SB28599INT)
2. **05/05/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB285&version=20150SB28598AMD)
3. **06/04/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB285&version=20150SB28597AMD)
4. **09/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB285&version=20150SB28595CHP)
5. **SB285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB285)
6. **08/24/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB285&version=20150SB28596ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #6 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 285 Block Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Block — primary (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 617.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-21** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 819.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2015-05-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1065.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2432.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-19** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-09-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 245, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93f6a6a3-9d87-4294-8fb5-6deda7b8f834`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).