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Bill	Bulk merchandise pallets.	(1) Existing law authorizes junk dealers and recyclers, as defined, to sell and purchase junk, which includes secondhand and used furniture, pallets, or other personal property, as specified. Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to obtain valid identification, as specified, from a seller before providing payment. Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to maintain written records of specified information, and makes a violation of the recordkeeping requirements a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1583	California AB 1583 (20112012)	bill	Bulk merchandise pallets.	enacted	Roger Hernández	8	27	6	2012-02-02	2012-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/ce7adc11-bccd-484f-b0aa-19de869c66bd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1583	f94c5ce71487f481ece311decae56af5567d057442bb6d40c0a947163867284f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1583 (20112012) — Bulk merchandise pallets.

(1) Existing law authorizes junk dealers and recyclers, as defined, to sell and purchase junk, which includes secondhand and used furniture, pallets, or other personal property, as specified. Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to obtain valid identification, as specified, from a seller before providing payment. Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to maintain written records of specified information, and makes a violation of the recordkeeping requirements a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/02/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/15/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/13/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1583 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1583 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1583 Roger Hernández By Emmerson — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1583 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roger Hernández — primary (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-03 From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
• 2012-02-17 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-04-09 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
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-10 From consent calendar.
• 2012-05-10 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4827.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2012-06-15 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
• 2012-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-08-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4643.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 3. Page 6293.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2012-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce7adc11-bccd-484f-b0aa-19de869c66bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).