---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited liability companies: formation."
description: "Limited liability companies: formation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 831"
citation: "California AB 831 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Limited liability companies: formation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f70eb188-ae48-47a7-9874-ffbe0ecd2575"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB831"
source_hash: "004784ee813179576600707e3029eacd6c92abff0df2cb3607b8084fb5e39524"
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 831 (19992000) — Limited liability companies: formation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB831&version=19990AB83199INT)
2. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB831&version=19990AB83198AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB831&version=19990AB83197AMD)
4. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB831&version=19990AB83196AMD)
5. **07/06/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB831&version=19990AB83195AMD)
6. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB831&version=19990AB83193CHP)
7. **AB831** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB831)
8. **09/08/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB831&version=19990AB83194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #28 AB831 Leach — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 831 LEACH THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)
- Ackerman — coauthor (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Morrow — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 490, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4127.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2907.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-08-30** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-25** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1885.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f70eb188-ae48-47a7-9874-ffbe0ecd2575`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).