republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-228.md

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Bill	Collectibles: sale of autographed memorabilia.	Existing law regulates the sale or offer to sell by a dealer to a consumer of a collectible in or from this state, as specified. Existing law defines the term "collectible" to mean any autographed item, as specified, sold or offered for sale in or from this state by a dealer, to a consumer for $5 or more. Existing law defines the term "autographed" to mean bearing the actual signature of a personality signed by that individual's own hand. Existing law defines a "dealer," among other things, as a person who is principally in the business of selling or offering for sale collectibles in or from this state or a person who by his or her occupation holds himself or herself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to collectibles. Existing law includes a person engaged in a cable television business for the sale of collectibles in the definition of dealer. Existing law excludes, among other persons, the personality who signs the memorabilia from the definition of dealer. Existing law also excludes from the definition of dealer a provider or operator of an online marketplace, provided that the marketplace provider or operator is not principally in the business of selling, or offering for sale, collectibles, in or from the state, exclusively or nonexclusively, or does not hold itself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to collectibles.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 228	California AB 228 (20172018)	bill	Collectibles: sale of autographed memorabilia.	enacted	Gloria	11	37	3	2017-01-26	2017-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/266f4b2b-0b19-44b9-86ae-71db51b39c31	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB228	07e5985e9ff40de8ecd8ca1609038203b406368c16c2313b1864f231a0257eaf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 228 (20172018) — Collectibles: sale of autographed memorabilia.

Existing law regulates the sale or offer to sell by a dealer to a consumer of a collectible in or from this state, as specified. Existing law defines the term "collectible" to mean any autographed item, as specified, sold or offered for sale in or from this state by a dealer, to a consumer for $5 or more. Existing law defines the term "autographed" to mean bearing the actual signature of a personality signed by that individual's own hand. Existing law defines a "dealer," among other things, as a person who is principally in the business of selling or offering for sale collectibles in or from this state or a person who by his or her occupation holds himself or herself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to collectibles. Existing law includes a person engaged in a cable television business for the sale of collectibles in the definition of dealer. Existing law excludes, among other persons, the personality who signs the memorabilia from the definition of dealer. Existing law also excludes from the definition of dealer a provider or operator of an online marketplace, provided that the marketplace provider or operator is not principally in the business of selling, or offering for sale, collectibles, in or from the state, exclusively or nonexclusively, or does not hold itself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to collectibles.

Version chain

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

1. 01/26/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/24/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/04/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/11/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/22/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/05/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/20/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/12/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB228 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB228 Gloria et al. By Galgiani Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gloria — primary (person)
• Acosta — coauthor (person)
• Atkins — coauthor (person)
• Baker — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Chen — coauthor (person)
• Chiu — author (person)
• Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)
• Maienschein — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Voepel — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-01-27 From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-01 Coauthors revised.
• 2017-03-14 Coauthors revised.
• 2017-03-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-03-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2017-04-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-04-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-04 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-08 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1653.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1710.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-06-27 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-07-05 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. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-08-21 From Consent Calendar.
• 2017-08-21 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2784.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
• 2017-09-13 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3312.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2017-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 696, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/266f4b2b-0b19-44b9-86ae-71db51b39c31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).