Existing law regulates secondhand dealers and coin dealers, and makes it unlawful for a person to engage in the business of a secondhand dealer without a license issued by the chief of police, the sheriff, or, where appropriate, the police commission. Existing law also regulates pawnbrokers. Existing law requires a local law enforcement agency to issue a license to engage in the business of a secondhand dealer or pawnbroker to an applicant who has not been convicted of an offense involving stolen property. Existing law requires a secondhand dealer to report, as specified, to the chief of police or sheriff all secondhand "tangible personal property," as defined, purchased, taken in trade, taken in pawn, accepted for sale on consignment, or accepted for auctioning. Existing law requires the report to include, among other things, the identification of the intended seller or pledger of the property, verified by the person taking the information by specified methods. Existing law requires the reporting of this information to the Department of Justice through a single, statewide, uniform electronic reporting system. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to develop descriptive categories and secondhand dealers and coin dealers to use these categories in their reports.
Existing law regulates secondhand dealers and coin dealers, and makes it unlawful for a person to engage in the business of a secondhand dealer without a license issued by the chief of police, the sheriff, or, where appropriate, the police commission. Existing law also regulates pawnbrokers. Existing law requires a local law enforcement agency to issue a license to engage in the business of a secondhand dealer or pawnbroker to an applicant who has not been convicted of an offense involving stolen property. Existing law requires a secondhand dealer to report, as specified, to the chief of police or sheriff all secondhand "tangible personal property," as defined, purchased, taken in trade, taken in pawn, accepted for sale on consignment, or accepted for auctioning. Existing law requires the report to include, among other things, the identification of the intended seller or pledger of the property, verified by the person taking the information by specified methods. Existing law requires the reporting of this information to the Department of Justice through a single, statewide, uniform electronic reporting system. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to develop descriptive categories and secondhand dealers and coin dealers to use these categories in their reports.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 19–1 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1751 LOW Third Reading Urgency — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Low — primary (person)
Anderson — coauthor (person)
Berryhill — coauthor (person)
Bigelow — coauthor (person)
Block — coauthor (person)
Calderon — coauthor (person)
Cooper — coauthor (person)
Dababneh — coauthor (person)
Gatto — coauthor (person)
Hill — coauthor (person)
Jones — coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Mathis — coauthor (person)
Mendoza — coauthor (person)
Morrell — coauthor (person)
Mullin — coauthor (person)
Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Olsen — coauthor (person)
Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Vidak — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-03 From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
2016-02-18 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2016-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2016-04-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 12). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-18 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-04-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-05-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 1.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5169.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2016-06-20 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5310.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2016-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6535.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 793, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00336886-828b-40bf-9677-4778c43052a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).