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Bill	Metal theft.	Existing law governs the business of buying, selling, and dealing in secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, also known as "junk." Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to keep a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business, including the place and date of each sale or purchase of junk and a description of the item or items, as specified. Existing law requires the written record to include a statement indicating either that the seller of the junk is the owner of it, or the name of the person they obtained the junk from, as shown on a signed transfer document. Existing law prohibits a junk dealer or recycler from providing payment for nonferrous materials until the junk dealer or recycler obtains a copy of a valid driver's license of the seller or other specified identification. Existing law requires a junk dealer or recycler to preserve the written record for at least 2 years. Existing law makes a violation of the recordkeeping requirements a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 476	California AB 476 (20252026)	bill	Metaltheft	enacted	Mark González	11	33	10	2025-02-10	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/23b68dfd-d051-488c-851e-dc2fd9ee1533	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB476	20621f2f5ed2d1fb30a8e2430b18e5873fb66e80c8eff894eac51d93d8e5d8c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 476 (20252026) — Metal theft.

Existing law governs the business of buying, selling, and dealing in secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, also known as "junk." Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to keep a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business, including the place and date of each sale or purchase of junk and a description of the item or items, as specified. Existing law requires the written record to include a statement indicating either that the seller of the junk is the owner of it, or the name of the person they obtained the junk from, as shown on a signed transfer document. Existing law prohibits a junk dealer or recycler from providing payment for nonferrous materials until the junk dealer or recycler obtains a copy of a valid driver's license of the seller or other specified identification. Existing law requires a junk dealer or recycler to preserve the written record for at least 2 years. Existing law makes a violation of the recordkeeping requirements a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/16/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB476 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 476 Mark González Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB476 Mark González et al. By Arreguín — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 476 Mark González Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark González — primary (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Archuleta — coauthor (person)
• Chen — coauthor (person)
• Davies — coauthor (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Krell — coauthor (person)
• Pacheco — coauthor (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2025-02-24 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1971.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-06-19 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2923.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3377.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 694, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23b68dfd-d051-488c-851e-dc2fd9ee1533. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).