republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2231.md

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Bill	Pawnbrokers: education.	Existing law defines every person engaged in the business of receiving goods in pledge as security for a loan as a pawnbroker and requires those persons to apply to the chief of police, the sheriff, or the police commission for a license permitting the licensee to engage in the business of pawnbroker. Existing law requires the licensing authority to accept an application for and grant a license to engage in the business of pawnbroker, if the applicant has complied with specified requirements, including filing a surety bond and a financial statement, and if they have not been convicted of an attempt to receive stolen property or any other offense involving stolen property, as specified. Existing law also requires a pawnbroker to comply with a specified reporting requirement imposed upon secondhand dealers. Existing law creates the California Pawn and SecondhandDealer System (CAPSS) , a statewide, uniform, electronic reporting system that receives secondhand dealer reports and is operated by the Department of Justice. Existing law requires every secondhand dealer to electronically report daily, or no later than the next business day, after receipt or purchase of secondhand tangible personal property, to the CAPSS, all secondhand tangible personal property that they have purchased, taken in trade, taken in pawn, accepted for sale on consignment, or accepted for auctioning, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2231	California AB 2231 (20232024)	bill	Pawnbrokers education	enacted	Gipson	8	27	9	2024-02-08	2024-09-12	openstates	ocd-bill/70a13183-5102-43d9-8a51-ed115d8962d3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2231	fc41e280cb69ed51d5c19e57001a3f289fca26c5072990632a644bb6dfeec39c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2231 (20232024) — Pawnbrokers: education.

Existing law defines every person engaged in the business of receiving goods in pledge as security for a loan as a pawnbroker and requires those persons to apply to the chief of police, the sheriff, or the police commission for a license permitting the licensee to engage in the business of pawnbroker. Existing law requires the licensing authority to accept an application for and grant a license to engage in the business of pawnbroker, if the applicant has complied with specified requirements, including filing a surety bond and a financial statement, and if they have not been convicted of an attempt to receive stolen property or any other offense involving stolen property, as specified. Existing law also requires a pawnbroker to comply with a specified reporting requirement imposed upon secondhand dealers. Existing law creates the California Pawn and SecondhandDealer System (CAPSS) , a statewide, uniform, electronic reporting system that receives secondhand dealer reports and is operated by the Department of Justice. Existing law requires every secondhand dealer to electronically report daily, or no later than the next business day, after receipt or purchase of secondhand tangible personal property, to the CAPSS, all secondhand tangible personal property that they have purchased, taken in trade, taken in pawn, accepted for sale on consignment, or accepted for auctioning, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/20/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2231 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/29/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 2231 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2231 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — 66–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2231 Gipson By Roth — 35–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gipson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and B. & P. referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 5541.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 223, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70a13183-5102-43d9-8a51-ed115d8962d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).