Texas pawnbrokers successfully *fought* this kind of bill a few years ago.
What kind of strategy did they use? I fear that they will try and extend this into the whole marketplace.
In this case, this bill is supported by California pawnbrokers. It is likely the pawnbrokers already have regulations like this in place and want to burden everyone else with them in order to eliminate competition. For once Ebay may be doing something good by fighting this bill.