republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1508.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous materials."
description: "Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers, as defined, to keep written records of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business. Existing law prohibits a junk dealer or recycler from providing payment for nonferrous material, as defined, unless the payment is made by cash or check, the check is mailed or the cash or check is provided no earlier than 3 days after the date of sale, and the dealer or recycler obtains a photograph or video of the seller and certain other identifying information, as specified, which information is to be retained by the dealer or recycler for a specified period of time. Existing law exempts from the payment by cash or check requirement, among others, the redemption of nonferrous material of a certain value when the primary purpose of the transaction is the redemption of beverage containers, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1508"
citation: "California AB 1508 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous materials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-01-12"
last_action: "2012-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/673e362a-e2ab-4627-8078-33e1f5b020b3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1508"
source_hash: "19f24d6ee60a2dfb22e116884367a3caa151b3b9c4441894d9864db64b1b54a2"
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 1508 (20112012) — Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous materials.

Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers, as defined, to keep written records of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business. Existing law prohibits a junk dealer or recycler from providing payment for nonferrous material, as defined, unless the payment is made by cash or check, the check is mailed or the cash or check is provided no earlier than 3 days after the date of sale, and the dealer or recycler obtains a photograph or video of the seller and certain other identifying information, as specified, which information is to be retained by the dealer or recycler for a specified period of time. Existing law exempts from the payment by cash or check requirement, among others, the redemption of nonferrous material of a certain value when the primary purpose of the transaction is the redemption of beverage containers, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/12/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1508&version=20110AB150899INT)
2. **02/28/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1508&version=20110AB150898AMD)
3. **04/19/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1508&version=20110AB150897AMD)
4. **05/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1508&version=20110AB150896AMD)
5. **07/02/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1508&version=20110AB150895AMD)
6. **08/14/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1508&version=20110AB150894AMD)
7. **09/25/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1508&version=20110AB150892CHP)
8. **AB1508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1508)
9. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1508&version=20110AB150893ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1508 CARTER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1508 Carter By Emmerson — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1508 CARTER Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-13** From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
- **2012-01-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-02-29** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-01** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-05** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 5). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-04-26** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4767.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4813.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4587.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6099.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/673e362a-e2ab-4627-8078-33e1f5b020b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).