republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-99.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secondhand dealers and coin dealers."
description: "Existing law requires secondhand dealers and coin dealers, as defined, to report acquisitions of tangible personal property on a daily basis to local law enforcement authorities, as specified. Existing law requires that report to include the identification of the intended seller or pledger of the property and requires that the person taking the information verify that identification. Existing law provides that this verification is valid if the person taking the information reasonably relies on a specified document, including, but not limited to, a United States passport, an identification card issued by any state, or a passport from any other country in addition to another item of identification bearing an address."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 99"
citation: "California AB 99 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secondhand dealers and coin dealers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De Leon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-01-07"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b18721cb-3245-4e57-a974-f36c410d7a3c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB99"
source_hash: "a5abddf99e6b1d156f6be31734939f2a028107fe482740beafd14d3c483816e3"
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 99 (20092010) — Secondhand dealers and coin dealers.

Existing law requires secondhand dealers and coin dealers, as defined, to report acquisitions of tangible personal property on a daily basis to local law enforcement authorities, as specified. Existing law requires that report to include the identification of the intended seller or pledger of the property and requires that the person taking the information verify that identification. Existing law provides that this verification is valid if the person taking the information reasonably relies on a specified document, including, but not limited to, a United States passport, an identification card issued by any state, or a passport from any other country in addition to another item of identification bearing an address.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/07/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB99&version=20090AB9999INT)
2. **08/20/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB99&version=20090AB9998AMD)
3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB99&version=20090AB9996CHP)
4. **AB99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB99)
5. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB99&version=20090AB9997ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB99 De Leon By Cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 99 DE LEON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 99 DE LEON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- De Leon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-08** From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
- **2009-02-26** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-03-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (March 31). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 820.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2060.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 28. Page 3116.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 311, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b18721cb-3245-4e57-a974-f36c410d7a3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).