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Bill	Weights and measures: inspection fees.	(1) Existing law requires the sealer of a county to inspect and test weighing and measuring devices, as specified, that are used or sold in the county. Existing law also requires the sealer of a county to weigh or measure packages to determine whether they contain the amount represented, as provided. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, permits the board of supervisors of a county to charge fees, not to exceed the county's total cost of actually inspecting or testing weighing and measuring devices required of the county sealer, to recover the costs of the county sealer to perform these duties.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1623	California AB 1623 (20112012)	bill	Weights and measures: inspection fees.	enacted	Yamada	9	24	7	2012-02-08	2012-09-07	openstates	ocd-bill/7950b959-d20f-4baa-9f18-88eb505ea735	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623	c9db81aacd59f2cb9fb38c202635faed3a7fdb0800e2625a6ab7bcfb76466b18	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1623 (20112012) — Weights and measures: inspection fees.

(1) Existing law requires the sealer of a county to inspect and test weighing and measuring devices, as specified, that are used or sold in the county. Existing law also requires the sealer of a county to weigh or measure packages to determine whether they contain the amount represented, as provided. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, permits the board of supervisors of a county to charge fees, not to exceed the county's total cost of actually inspecting or testing weighing and measuring devices required of the county sealer, to recover the costs of the county sealer to perform these duties.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/24/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/03/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/26/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1623 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/16/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1623 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 56–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 4–2 (fail) · upper
• Set, second hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1623 Yamada By Price — 27–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 1623 YAMADA Assembly Third Reading — 56–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Yamada — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2012-02-23 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 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
• 2012-04-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4662.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 4703.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-17 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2012-06-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-06-26 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 In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2012-07-05 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 4283.)
• 2012-07-06 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 4434.). 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 56. Noes 19. Page 5885.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2012-09-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7950b959-d20f-4baa-9f18-88eb505ea735. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).