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AB-2641 • 2026

Sales and use taxes: exclusion: pawnbrokers: transfer of vested property.

Sales and use taxes: exclusion: pawnbrokers: transfer of vested property.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Michelle Rodriguez
Last action
2026-06-10
Official status
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

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Sales and use taxes: exclusion: pawnbrokers: transfer of vested property.

AB 2641, as amended, Michelle Rodriguez.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 2641, as amended, Michelle Rodriguez.
  • Sales and use taxes: exclusion: pawnbrokers: transfer of vested property.
  • Existing state sales and use tax laws impose a tax on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state.
  • Existing law defines “sale” and “purchase” for these purposes and provides certain exclusions from those definitions.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-10 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

  3. 2026-05-18 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  4. 2026-05-18 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5137.)

  5. 2026-05-14 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  6. 2026-05-13 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 13).

  7. 2026-04-22 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. 2026-04-21 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended.

  9. 2026-04-20 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13).

  10. 2026-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

  11. 2026-03-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended.

  12. 2026-03-16 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

  13. 2026-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  14. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2641, as amended, Michelle Rodriguez.
Sales and use taxes: exclusion: pawnbrokers: transfer of vested property.
Existing state sales and use tax laws impose a tax on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state. Existing law defines “sale” and “purchase” for these purposes and provides certain exclusions from those definitions.
Existing law, until January 1, 2027, excludes the transfer of vested property by a pawnbroker to a person who pledged the property to the pawnbroker as security for a loan, if specified requirements are met, from the definition of “sale” and “purchase,” thus excluding that transfer from imposition of sales and use tax.
This bill would
indefinitely
extend the exclusion of the transfer of vested property by a pawnbroker to the person who pledged it, as described
above.
above, until January 1, 2032.
Existing law requires a bill authorizing a sales and use tax exemption to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.
This bill would include that additional information required for the above sales and use tax exclusion.
The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law authorizes counties and cities to impose local sales and use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law, and
existing laws authorize districts, as specified, to impose transactions and use taxes in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law, which generally conforms to the Sales and Use Tax Law. Amendments to the Sales and Use Tax Law are automatically incorporated into the local tax laws.
Existing law requires the state to reimburse counties and cities for revenue losses caused by the enactment of sales and use tax exemptions.
This bill would provide that, notwithstanding Section 2230 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, no appropriation is made and the state shall not reimburse any local agencies for sales and use tax revenues lost by them pursuant to this bill.
This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

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