republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-632.md

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Bill	Secondhand dealers and coin dealers: reporting: handheld electronic devices.	Existing law provides for the regulation of secondhand dealers, as defined. Existing law 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 requires a secondhand dealer or coin dealer, as defined, 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 reasonably relying on specified documents, and a complete and reasonably accurate description of serialized property, including, but not limited to, the serial number of that property. A violation of these provisions where a person knows or should have known that a violation was being committed is a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 632	California AB 632 (20152016)	bill	Secondhand dealers and coin dealers: reporting: handheld electronic devices.	enacted	Eggman	6	21	5	2015-02-24	2015-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/7b05f0f3-6081-412f-831a-020d5934bd7d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB632	d645e45c7c76f2b07275ac275ae54e897784404d32ea212bd332a12b94c84670	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 632 (20152016) — Secondhand dealers and coin dealers: reporting: handheld electronic devices.

Existing law provides for the regulation of secondhand dealers, as defined. Existing law 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 requires a secondhand dealer or coin dealer, as defined, 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 reasonably relying on specified documents, and a complete and reasonably accurate description of serialized property, including, but not limited to, the serial number of that property. A violation of these provisions where a person knows or should have known that a violation was being committed is a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/08/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB632 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/08/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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 — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 632 EGGMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 632 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eggman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 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
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-05-05 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1390.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2015-06-08 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
• 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. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-07-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2254.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2015-08-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-08-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 169, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b05f0f3-6081-412f-831a-020d5934bd7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).