republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-347.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weights and measures: inspection: fees."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the regulation of commercial weighing and measuring devices by the Department of Food and Agriculture, and provides for the enforcement of those provisions by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture and by county sealers of weights and measures in each county. Existing law requires the secretary to establish or adopt tolerances and specifications and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 347"
citation: "California AB 347 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Weights and measures: inspection: fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f311db3-9b4f-4822-a246-31f435965c3e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB347"
source_hash: "b933bb9ddd1037ad2ab57c3615616e157e8f9c66091c7ed05b8353ece7c93677"
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 347 (20172018) — Weights and measures: inspection: fees.

(1) Existing law provides for the regulation of commercial weighing and measuring devices by the Department of Food and Agriculture, and provides for the enforcement of those provisions by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture and by county sealers of weights and measures in each county. Existing law requires the secretary to establish or adopt tolerances and specifications and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB347&version=20170AB34799INT)
2. **06/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB347&version=20170AB34798AMD)
3. **08/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB347&version=20170AB34797AMD)
4. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB347&version=20170AB34795CHP)
5. **AB347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB347)
6. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB347&version=20170AB34796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 347 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB347 Chau By Hill — **35–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 347 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1423.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** 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`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 5805.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 6826.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 521, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f311db3-9b4f-4822-a246-31f435965c3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).