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Bill	Weighmasters: junk dealers and recyclers.	Existing law vests the Department of Food and Agriculture with general supervision of weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices sold or used in the state, and authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to exercise any power conferred upon the department or upon the State Sealer, who is the chief of the division of the department charged with the enforcement of the provisions relating to weights and measures. Existing law defines a weighmaster as any person, who, for hire or otherwise, weighs, measures, or counts any commodity and issues a statement or memorandum of the weight, measure, or count which is used as the basis for either the purchase or sale of that commodity or charge for service. Existing law requires a weighmaster to obtain a license and to pay a license fee, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes the secretary to refuse to grant a license, to refuse to renew a license, or to revoke or suspend a license if, after a specified hearing, the secretary is satisfied that the applicant or licensee is not qualified to capably or reliably perform the duties of a weighmaster or has been found guilty of a misdemeanor relating to the regulation of weighmasters.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 485	California SB 485 (20132014)	bill	Weighmasters: junk dealers and recyclers.	enacted	Calderon	8	32	8	2013-02-21	2013-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/be84c450-f11c-443b-8d64-0fb0e0722761	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB485	b1cd1cee845342d001fd5dd9f0b2109324a8d68b68d6bd5d5b9e918ba1e34fa5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 485 (20132014) — Weighmasters: junk dealers and recyclers.

Existing law vests the Department of Food and Agriculture with general supervision of weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices sold or used in the state, and authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to exercise any power conferred upon the department or upon the State Sealer, who is the chief of the division of the department charged with the enforcement of the provisions relating to weights and measures. Existing law defines a weighmaster as any person, who, for hire or otherwise, weighs, measures, or counts any commodity and issues a statement or memorandum of the weight, measure, or count which is used as the basis for either the purchase or sale of that commodity or charge for service. Existing law requires a weighmaster to obtain a license and to pay a license fee, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes the secretary to refuse to grant a license, to refuse to renew a license, or to revoke or suspend a license if, after a specified hearing, the secretary is satisfied that the applicant or licensee is not qualified to capably or reliably perform the duties of a weighmaster or has been found guilty of a misdemeanor relating to the regulation of weighmasters.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/14/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/28/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/05/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/03/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB485 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 485 Calderon Senate Third Reading By GORDON — 77–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB485 Calderon Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Calderon — primary (person)
• Berryhill — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2013-04-02 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-04-03 Set for hearing April 15.
• 2013-04-08 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-09 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2013-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 638.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2013-05-06 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-05-10 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2013-05-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-05-20 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-05-21 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1015.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-28 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1166.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-06-17 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2013-08-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-21 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3007.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2291.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2013-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 518, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be84c450-f11c-443b-8d64-0fb0e0722761. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).