---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weighing and measuring devices: indications: display."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from locating or positioning a weighing or measuring device used in retail trade so that its indications cannot be accurately read by the purchaser under ordinary circumstances, except as specified. A violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 2085"
citation: "California AB 2085 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Weighingandmeasuringdevices", "display", "indications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alanis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-18"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/784dfa21-93eb-41b8-9019-1005510bb196"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2085"
source_hash: "3234a056a7e8265a7b0bebc7147097b5fd12a66182deb7c20319d7900a0c5c5d"
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 2085 (20252026) — Weighing and measuring devices: indications: display.

Existing law prohibits a person from locating or positioning a weighing or measuring device used in retail trade so that its indications cannot be accurately read by the purchaser under ordinary circumstances, except as specified. A violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/26 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2085&version=20250AB208599INT)
2. **03/16/26 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2085&version=20250AB208598AMD)
3. **AB2085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2085)
4. **06/22/26 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2085&version=20250AB208597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2085 Alanis Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alanis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2026-03-16** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4917.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2026-05-13** Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2026-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2026-06-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2026-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 33, Statutes of 2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/784dfa21-93eb-41b8-9019-1005510bb196`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).