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Bill	Metal theft.	Existing law governs the business of buying, selling, and dealing in secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, also known as "junk." Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to keep a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business, including the name and address of each person to whom junk is sold or disposed of, and to preserve the written record for at least 2 years after making the final entry of any purchase or sale of junk.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2312	California AB 2312 (20132014)	bill	Metal theft.	enacted	Nestande	7	28	7	2014-02-21	2014-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/e478d7b7-7089-4d47-b756-0bd7b09c45ef	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2312	a33571429e205734603f7a40d2f31cdc15715899414b3f2106f8d132d27e0dd4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2312 (20132014) — Metal theft.

Existing law governs the business of buying, selling, and dealing in secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, also known as "junk." Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to keep a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business, including the name and address of each person to whom junk is sold or disposed of, and to preserve the written record for at least 2 years after making the final entry of any purchase or sale of junk.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/05/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/26/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2312 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/20/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2312 NESTANDE Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2312 Nestande By Berryhill — 33–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2312 NESTANDE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nestande — primary (person)
• Gray — coauthor (person)
• Linder — coauthor (person)
• Olsen — author (person)
• Patterson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-10 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2014-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2014-04-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2014-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2014-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4850.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-05-22 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-06-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2014-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-08-04 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2014-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 4409.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6089.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2014-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 608, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e478d7b7-7089-4d47-b756-0bd7b09c45ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).