California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 485 — Weighmasters: junk dealers and recyclers.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 518, Statutes of 2013.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2013. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law vests the Department of Food and Agriculture with general supervision of weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices sold or used in the state, and authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to exercise any power conferred upon the department or upon the State Sealer, who is the chief of the division of the department charged with the enforcement of the provisions relating to weights and measures. 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 a weighmaster to obtain a license and to pay a license fee, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes the secretary to refuse to grant a license, to refuse to renew a license, or to revoke or suspend a license if, after a specified hearing, the secretary is satisfied that the applicant or licensee is not qualified to capably or reliably perform the duties of a weighmaster or has been found guilty of a misdemeanor relating to the regulation of weighmasters. This bill would require the department to require a recycler or junk dealer, as defined, who is an applicant for a new weighmaster license or a renewal of a weighmaster license to furnish specified additional information on the application. The bill would require the department to issue a weighmaster license to a junk dealer or recycler upon receipt of an application for a new license or the renewal of a license that contains the appropriate information and fee. Upon issuance of a weighmaster license to a junk dealer or recycler, the bill would require the department to make a thorough investigation of all of the information contained in the application within specified time periods. If the department determines that information submitted in the application is materially inaccurate, the bill would require the department to revoke the license issued to the junk dealer or recycler unless the junk dealer or recycler complies with these information requirements within 14 days of notice, as specified. The bill would provide that a junk dealer or recycler whose weighmaster license has been revoked is entitled to a hearing. The bill would require a weighmaster who is a junk dealer or recycler to pay an additional annual fee of $500 to the department for each location at which the weighmaster operates, as specified, for the administration and enforcement of these provisions. The bill would authorize the secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with any county sealer to carry out certain of these provisions. This bill would repeal these new provisions on January 1, 2019.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 518, Statutes of 2013.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2291.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3007.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30).

  9. Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P.

  12. Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P.

  13. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1166.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  15. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1015.) (May 23).

  17. Set for hearing May 23.

  18. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  19. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Set for hearing May 20.

  21. Hearing postponed by committee.

  22. Set for hearing May 13.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 638.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Set for hearing April 22.

  25. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  26. Hearing postponed by committee.

  27. Set for hearing April 15.

  28. Hearing postponed by committee.

  29. Set for hearing April 8.

  30. Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  31. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  32. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Calderon · Primary
  • Galgiani · Cosponsor
  • Bill Berryhill · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Calderon

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB485 Calderon Concurrence

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33003
Democratic 3000
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Knight — Yea
Monning — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Wright — Yea
De León — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Evans — Yea
Correa — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hancock — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

SB 485 Calderon Senate Third Reading By GORDON

Passed 77 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70100
Democratic 4000
Republican 3000
Total 77100
% of votes cast 99%1%0%0%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Campos — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chau — Yea
Allen — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Logue — Yea
Medina — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Gray — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15001
Democratic 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Linder — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Hall — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Donnelly — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Holden — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 1000
Total 14000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Campos — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Ting — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36000
Democratic 3000
Total 39000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Roth — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
De León — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Torres — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hill — Yea
Knight — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wolk — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 1000
Unaffiliated 6000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
De León — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 485 do?
Existing law vests the Department of Food and Agriculture with general supervision of weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices sold or used in the state, and authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to exercise any power conferred upon the department or upon the State Sealer, who is the chief of the division of the department charged with the enforcement of the provisions relating to weights and measures. 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 a weighmaster to obtain a license and to pay a license fee, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes the secretary to refuse to grant a license, to refuse to renew a license, or to revoke or suspend a license if, after a specified hearing, the secretary is satisfied that the applicant or licensee is not qualified to capably or reliably perform the duties of a weighmaster or has been found guilty of a misdemeanor relating to the regulation of weighmasters. This bill would require the department to require a recycler or junk dealer, as defined, who is an applicant for a new weighmaster license or a renewal of a weighmaster license to furnish specified additional information on the application. The bill would require the department to issue a weighmaster license to a junk dealer or recycler upon receipt of an application for a new license or the renewal of a license that contains the appropriate information and fee. Upon issuance of a weighmaster license to a junk dealer or recycler, the bill would require the department to make a thorough investigation of all of the information contained in the application within specified time periods. If the department determines that information submitted in the application is materially inaccurate, the bill would require the department to revoke the license issued to the junk dealer or recycler unless the junk dealer or recycler complies with these information requirements within 14 days of notice, as specified. The bill would provide that a junk dealer or recycler whose weighmaster license has been revoked is entitled to a hearing. The bill would require a weighmaster who is a junk dealer or recycler to pay an additional annual fee of $500 to the department for each location at which the weighmaster operates, as specified, for the administration and enforcement of these provisions. The bill would authorize the secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with any county sealer to carry out certain of these provisions. This bill would repeal these new provisions on January 1, 2019.
Who sponsors SB 485?
SB 485 is sponsored by Calderon, Galgiani, and Bill Berryhill.
What is the current status of SB 485?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2013. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 485?
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