---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pawnbrokers: regulations."
description: "(1) Existing law regulates pawnbrokers and requires a written contract for every loan by a pawnbroker for which goods are received in pledge as security, as specified, and requires a copy of that contract to be furnished to the borrower. Existing law requires the contract to provide a 4-month loan period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 300"
citation: "California SB 300 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pawnbrokers: regulations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b6cf51e-410a-4d14-8ae2-9c487f9ab10c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300"
source_hash: "71516bd96d12429d478c3bec191692113b0e9c8f94c6f306042657d1b36465a5"
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 300 (20152016) — Pawnbrokers: regulations.

(1) Existing law regulates pawnbrokers and requires a written contract for every loan by a pawnbroker for which goods are received in pledge as security, as specified, and requires a copy of that contract to be furnished to the borrower. Existing law requires the contract to provide a 4-month loan period.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300&version=20150SB30099INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300&version=20150SB30098AMD)
3. **04/30/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300&version=20150SB30097AMD)
4. **05/05/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300&version=20150SB30096AMD)
5. **06/11/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300&version=20150SB30095AMD)
6. **07/02/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300&version=20150SB30094AMD)
7. **07/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300&version=20150SB30093AMD)
8. **09/04/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300&version=20150SB30092AMD)
9. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300&version=20150SB30090CHP)
10. **SB300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300)
11. **09/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB300&version=20150SB30091ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB300 Mendoza Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 300 Mendoza Senate Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2015-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **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`
- **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 728.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-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 Coms. on B. & F. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-11** 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 P. & C.P. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Waldron.
- **2015-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-08-27** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
- **2015-09-02** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Holden.
- **2015-09-03** From inactive file.
- **2015-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2965.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2663.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 p.m.
- **2015-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 417, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b6cf51e-410a-4d14-8ae2-9c487f9ab10c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).