republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1518.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weighmasters: automated weighing systems."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure of weighmasters who weigh, measure, or count any commodity and issue a statement or memorandum that is used as the basis for either the purchase or sale of that commodity. Existing law requires that a weighmaster issue a signed weighmaster certificate whenever payment for the commodity is dependent on a written or printed weight, measure, or count. Under existing law, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture may adopt rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary for the purpose of carrying out provisions of law related to weighmasters. Existing law requires a weighmaster to pay to the Department of Food and Agriculture various license fees, including a $75 fee if the weighmaster is operating at a fixed location and a $200 fee if the weighmaster is operating at other than a fixed location."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1518"
citation: "California AB 1518 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Weighmasters: automated weighing systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perea"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-01-17"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57718c3f-18ad-4c34-ab91-142970cc26f5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1518"
source_hash: "5d4b020559331b158b12f659bf0a4dabbafe0ca034123b5585a4aafa71a4027a"
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 1518 (20112012) — Weighmasters: automated weighing systems.

Existing law provides for the licensure of weighmasters who weigh, measure, or count any commodity and issue a statement or memorandum that is used as the basis for either the purchase or sale of that commodity. Existing law requires that a weighmaster issue a signed weighmaster certificate whenever payment for the commodity is dependent on a written or printed weight, measure, or count. Under existing law, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture may adopt rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary for the purpose of carrying out provisions of law related to weighmasters. Existing law requires a weighmaster to pay to the Department of Food and Agriculture various license fees, including a $75 fee if the weighmaster is operating at a fixed location and a $200 fee if the weighmaster is operating at other than a fixed location.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/17/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1518&version=20110AB151899INT)
2. **03/19/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1518&version=20110AB151898AMD)
3. **04/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1518&version=20110AB151897AMD)
4. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1518&version=20110AB151896AMD)
5. **06/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1518&version=20110AB151895AMD)
6. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1518&version=20110AB151893CHP)
7. **AB1518** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1518)
8. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1518&version=20110AB151894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1518 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — **53–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1518 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1518 Perea By Cannella — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perea — primary (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- La Malfa — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
- **2012-01-26** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 5101.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 4440.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 5884.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 344, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57718c3f-18ad-4c34-ab91-142970cc26f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).