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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State government: Secretary of State: fees."
+description: "(1) Existing law requires every corporation to file a specified statement of information with the Secretary of State and pay a $5 disclosure fee in addition to any other required fees. Existing law requires one-half of the amount of this disclosure fee to be used for specified purposes, including the development and maintenance of an online database, and the other one-half to be deposited in the Victims of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "AB 554"
+citation: "California AB 554 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State government: Secretary of State: fees."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2013-02-20"
+last_action: "2013-09-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e48309a6-c2eb-4192-a219-c84952712845"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB554"
+source_hash: "988b0e3dfcc4761c2733136eae8660ad08767faeb01e3f6d08065d0063ba32d7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 554 (20132014) — State government: Secretary of State: fees.
+
+(1) Existing law requires every corporation to file a specified statement of information with the Secretary of State and pay a $5 disclosure fee in addition to any other required fees. Existing law requires one-half of the amount of this disclosure fee to be used for specified purposes, including the development and maintenance of an online database, and the other one-half to be deposited in the Victims of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB554&version=20130AB55499INT)
+2. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB554&version=20130AB55498AMD)
+3. **09/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB554&version=20130AB55496CHP)
+4. **AB554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB554)
+5. **08/28/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB554&version=20130AB55497ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 554 MULLIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB554 Mullin By Roth — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mullin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
+- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1342.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-08-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1978.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2013-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2013-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2013-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 364, Statutes of 2013.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e48309a6-c2eb-4192-a219-c84952712845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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