Weighmasters: exemptions: pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers.
Existing law requires a person who weighs, measures, or counts a commodity and issues a statement or memorandum of the weight, measure, or count that is used as the basis for either the purchase or sale of that commodity or charge for service, to obtain a license as a weighmaster from the Department of Food and Agriculture, and imposes a license fee and various other requirements on weighmasters. Existing law exempts specified persons from those provisions by establishing a list of persons who are not weighmasters. Existing law, until January 1, 2019, requires the department to require a recycler or junk dealer who is an applicant for a new weighmaster license or a renewal of a weighmaster license to furnish specified additional information on the application.
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AB 236
California AB 236 (20152016)
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Weighmasters: exemptions: pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers.
California AB 236 (20152016) — Weighmasters: exemptions: pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers.
Existing law requires a person who weighs, measures, or counts a commodity and issues a statement or memorandum of the weight, measure, or count that is used as the basis for either the purchase or sale of that commodity or charge for service, to obtain a license as a weighmaster from the Department of Food and Agriculture, and imposes a license fee and various other requirements on weighmasters. Existing law exempts specified persons from those provisions by establishing a list of persons who are not weighmasters. Existing law, until January 1, 2019, requires the department to require a recycler or junk dealer who is an applicant for a new weighmaster license or a renewal of a weighmaster license to furnish specified additional information on the application.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
AB 236 LACKEY Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lackey — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-06 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
2015-02-17 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2015-04-15 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
2015-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). 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 1447.) 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., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2015-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). 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 1755.). 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 103, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f2017d5-1501-426d-89c5-5d3b2abf3d92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).