republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1993.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secondhand goods: tangible personal property: dealers."
description: "Existing law requires every secondhand dealer and coin dealer to report the receipt or purchase of secondhand tangible personal property, except firearms, to the statewide uniform electronic reporting system known as the California Pawn and Secondhand Dealer System (CAPSS) that receives secondhand dealer reports and is operated by the Department of Justice. Existing law requires secondhand dealers to electronically report the receipt or purchase of each firearm, as specified, to the Department of Justice in a format prescribed by the department. Existing law also applies these reporting requirements to pawnbrokers. Existing law requires every secondhand dealer and every coin dealer to retain in his or her possession for a period of 30 days all tangible personal property reported in accordance with specified provisions. Existing law requires the 30-day holding period to commence the date the report of its acquisition was made to the chief of police or the sheriff and authorizes the chief of police or the sheriff or the Department of Justice to authorize prior disposition of any property, as described. Existing law requires every secondhand dealer and coin dealer, during the 30-day holding period, to produce reported tangible personal property for inspection by any peace officer or employee designated by the chief of police or sheriff or the Department of Justice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1993"
citation: "California AB 1993 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secondhand goods: tangible personal property: dealers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f4d81c4-4704-4dd0-aa4a-7b22d8e1ca0e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1993"
source_hash: "1ea73ee15d952916bd21545a4f05ebc42d52a30214b6799995e5c4a367d20387"
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 1993 (20172018) — Secondhand goods: tangible personal property: dealers.

Existing law requires every secondhand dealer and coin dealer to report the receipt or purchase of secondhand tangible personal property, except firearms, to the statewide uniform electronic reporting system known as the California Pawn and Secondhand Dealer System (CAPSS) that receives secondhand dealer reports and is operated by the Department of Justice. Existing law requires secondhand dealers to electronically report the receipt or purchase of each firearm, as specified, to the Department of Justice in a format prescribed by the department. Existing law also applies these reporting requirements to pawnbrokers. Existing law requires every secondhand dealer and every coin dealer to retain in his or her possession for a period of 30 days all tangible personal property reported in accordance with specified provisions. Existing law requires the 30-day holding period to commence the date the report of its acquisition was made to the chief of police or the sheriff and authorizes the chief of police or the sheriff or the Department of Justice to authorize prior disposition of any property, as described. Existing law requires every secondhand dealer and coin dealer, during the 30-day holding period, to produce reported tangible personal property for inspection by any peace officer or employee designated by the chief of police or sheriff or the Department of Justice.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1993&version=20170AB199399INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1993&version=20170AB199398AMD)
3. **04/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1993&version=20170AB199397AMD)
4. **08/24/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1993&version=20170AB199395CHP)
5. **AB1993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1993)
6. **08/08/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1993&version=20170AB199396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1993 Gipson By Hill — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1993 GIPSON Assembly Third Reading — **66–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gipson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2018-02-12** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 4. Page 4890.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5161.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f4d81c4-4704-4dd0-aa4a-7b22d8e1ca0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).