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• Introduced by Sen. Tim Owens (R) on February 6, 2009, in his role as a committee chair, to make it illegal for a scrap metal dealer to purchase any items of regulated scrap metal without getting a signed statement by the seller that each item is the seller’s property, is free of encumbrances and is not stolen, or the seller is acting for the owner and has permission to sell the items. Before a scrap metal dealer can purchase a junk vehicle, they must record the vehicle identification number, obtain an appropriate vehicle title or a bill of sale for an impounded vehicle. Among other requirements of the bill, scrap metal dealers must keep a register when making purchases detailing information about the seller of scrap metal.
  • Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 9, 2009.
  • Reported in the Senate on February 18, 2009, recommending the bill be passed as amended. Senate committee amendments: include employees and agents of scrap metal dealers in the bill's requirements; remove a provision making it unlawful for a scrap metal dealer to receive stolen property that the dealer suspects could not be rightfully sold; and, clarify that a scrap metal dealer cannot buy or receive regulated scrap metal from a minor.
• Passed 33 to 7 in the Senate on February 19, 2009, to impose additional regulations on scrap metal dealers, precluding them from receiving any regulated scrap metal from a minor, and making it illegal for them to purchase any items of regulated scrap metal without getting a signed statement by the seller that each item is being lawfully sold.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on February 20, 2009.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on February 24, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on March 20, 2009, recommending the bill be passed as amended. House committee inserted a proposal to make trafficking contraband in a care or treatment facility by an employee a severity level 5 felony and to establish the same rules for the treatment of contraband in a care or treatment facility as they are currently enforced for correctional institutions, but to exclude any public parking lots of such facilities from the new law.
• Passed 125 to 0 in the House on March 25, 2009, to impose additional regulations on scrap metal dealers, precluding them from receiving any regulated scrap metal from a minor, and making it illegal for them to purchase any items of regulated scrap metal without getting a signed statement by the seller that each item is being lawfully sold; also, to make trafficking contraband in a care or treatment facility by an employee a severity level 5 felony and to establish the same rules for the treatment of contraband in a care or treatment facility as they are currently enforced for correctional institutions, but to exclude any public parking lots of such facilities from the new law.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on March 25, 2009.
  • Motion by Sen. Tim Owens (R) on March 25, 2009, to not concur in House amendments to the bill and to appoint a special House-Senate committee to negotiate a compromise proposal.
    • Motion by Sen. Tim Owens (R) on March 31, 2009, to concur with the House amendments to the bill. Approval of the motion advances the bill to the Governor for her consideration. The motion passed 40 to 0 in the Senate on March 31, 2009.
      Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on April 13, 2009.