Senate Bill 22-009 Summary

• Requires junk shops, salvage yards, and commodity metal dealers to maintain records of all transactions involving detached catalytic converters, including seller identification, vehicle information, and affidavits of ownership.

• Mandates purchasers of detached catalytic converters sign up with the scrap theft alert system maintained by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and use alerts to identify potentially stolen converters.

• Requires digital photographic or video records identifying the seller and converter be retained for 180 days and made available to law enforcement for inspection.

• Establishes payment restrictions: cash payments permitted only up to $300 per transaction; transactions over $300 must be paid by check or payment method that captures the seller's photograph.

• Defines "detached catalytic converter" as a post-combustion emission control device previously installed on a motor vehicle and subsequently removed, and classifies violations as class 2 or class 1 misdemeanors based on converter value.