republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1782.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weighmasters: exemptions."
description: "Existing law defines a weighmaster as any person, who, for hire or otherwise, weighs, measures, or counts any commodity and issues a statement or memorandum of the weight, measure, or count which is used as the basis for either the purchase or sale of that commodity or charge for service. Existing law requires weighmasters to obtain a license. Existing law specifies certain persons who weigh and measure commodities but are not weighmasters, such as retailers weighing commodities for sale in retail stores in the presence of consumers, newspaper publishers weighing newspapers for sale to dealers, and recycling centers weighing salvage materials for specified purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1782"
citation: "California AB 1782 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Weighmasters: exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-21"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec44abb2-d57e-45c0-bcbb-20063edb6d9a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1782"
source_hash: "a6b7f5551408d04787f1b352f135b298d6b6e8690f15bb08bb85eb2d71a061bc"
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 1782 (20112012) — Weighmasters: exemptions.

Existing law defines a weighmaster as any person, who, for hire or otherwise, weighs, measures, or counts any commodity and issues a statement or memorandum of the weight, measure, or count which is used as the basis for either the purchase or sale of that commodity or charge for service. Existing law requires weighmasters to obtain a license. Existing law specifies certain persons who weigh and measure commodities but are not weighmasters, such as retailers weighing commodities for sale in retail stores in the presence of consumers, newspaper publishers weighing newspapers for sale to dealers, and recycling centers weighing salvage materials for specified purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1782&version=20110AB178299INT)
2. **06/04/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1782&version=20110AB178298AMD)
3. **06/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1782&version=20110AB178297AMD)
4. **08/16/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1782&version=20110AB178296AMD)
5. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1782&version=20110AB178294CHP)
6. **AB1782** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1782)
7. **08/29/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1782&version=20110AB178295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1782 HILL Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1782 Hill By Wyland — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1782 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4185.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-03-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-04** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4642.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6241.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 693, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec44abb2-d57e-45c0-bcbb-20063edb6d9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).