republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1113.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Check Sellers, Bill Payers and Proraters Law."
description: "Existing law, the Check Sellers, Bill Payers and Proraters Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of a check seller, defined as a person who, among other things, for compensation, engages in the business of selling checks, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose, by the Commissioner of Business Oversight. Under existing law, whenever in the opinion of the commissioner any person is engaged in business as a check seller without a license from the commissioner or any person or licensee is violating the law, the commissioner is authorized to order the person or licensee to desist and to refrain from engaging in that activity. Under existing law, if, after an order is made, a request for a hearing is filed in writing and no hearing is held within 30 days, the order is required to be deemed to have been rescinded."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1113"
citation: "California AB 1113 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Check Sellers", "Bill Payers and Proraters Law."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7d19173-9731-46d2-8823-d2a834b215c5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1113"
source_hash: "7a22d5d834edd5bcc95df950815f7c7de5377b8f6d4e6f547a99d7a547fc2fc6"
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 1113 (20152016) — Check Sellers, Bill Payers and Proraters Law.

Existing law, the Check Sellers, Bill Payers and Proraters Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of a check seller, defined as a person who, among other things, for compensation, engages in the business of selling checks, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose, by the Commissioner of Business Oversight. Under existing law, whenever in the opinion of the commissioner any person is engaged in business as a check seller without a license from the commissioner or any person or licensee is violating the law, the commissioner is authorized to order the person or licensee to desist and to refrain from engaging in that activity. Under existing law, if, after an order is made, a request for a hearing is filed in writing and no hearing is held within 30 days, the order is required to be deemed to have been rescinded.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1113&version=20150AB111399INT)
2. **07/15/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1113&version=20150AB111397CHP)
3. **AB1113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1113)
4. **07/07/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1113&version=20150AB111398ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1113 CHAU Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1450.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1756.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-02** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2015-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 110, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7d19173-9731-46d2-8823-d2a834b215c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).