republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1045.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Metal theft: damages."
description: "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 further requires junk dealers and recyclers to keep and maintain a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business, including the name and address of each person to whom junk is sold or disposed of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1045"
citation: "California SB 1045 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Metal theft: damages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-06"
last_action: "2012-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8326c3b-0eed-47d2-9ae3-63e47ee62e87"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1045"
source_hash: "20292a84a625f108342a0baca06a345935663dcb931f03e7066058c1ebf2a4f6"
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 SB 1045 (20112012) — Metal theft: damages.

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 further requires junk dealers and recyclers to keep and maintain a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business, including the name and address of each person to whom junk is sold or disposed of.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1045&version=20110SB104599INT)
2. **03/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1045&version=20110SB104598AMD)
3. **04/17/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1045&version=20110SB104597AMD)
4. **05/08/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1045&version=20110SB104596AMD)
5. **08/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1045&version=20110SB104595AMD)
6. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1045&version=20110SB104593CHP)
7. **SB1045** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1045)
8. **08/23/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1045&version=20110SB104594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1045 Emmerson Senate Third Reading By NESTANDE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1045 Emmerson Concurrence — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
- **2012-02-16** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2012-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3389.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3493.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-25** From consent calendar.
- **2012-06-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-16** Read third time and amended. (Page 5952.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6008.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4676.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 393, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8326c3b-0eed-47d2-9ae3-63e47ee62e87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).