republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1623.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weights and measures: inspection fees."
description: "(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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1623"
citation: "California AB 1623 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Weights and measures: inspection fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yamada"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-08"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7950b959-d20f-4baa-9f18-88eb505ea735"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623"
source_hash: "c9db81aacd59f2cb9fb38c202635faed3a7fdb0800e2625a6ab7bcfb76466b18"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623&version=20110AB162399INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623&version=20110AB162398AMD)
3. **04/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623&version=20110AB162397AMD)
4. **05/03/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623&version=20110AB162396AMD)
5. **06/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623&version=20110AB162395AMD)
6. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623&version=20110AB162394AMD)
7. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623&version=20110AB162392CHP)
8. **AB1623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623)
9. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1623&version=20110AB162393ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7950b959-d20f-4baa-9f18-88eb505ea735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).