---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations: disclosure statements."
description: "Corporations: disclosure statements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 55"
citation: "California AB 55 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations: disclosure statements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-12-04"
last_action: "2002-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e889da35-ff52-4d0d-81ce-b011e01a7e82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55"
source_hash: "21675627ad543748f53b6fffc86425a6f6755359c7eaaa5b1396172fe3961c88"
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 55 (20012002) — Corporations: disclosure statements.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5599INT)
2. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5598AMD)
3. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5597AMD)
4. **05/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5596AMD)
5. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5595AMD)
6. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5594AMD)
7. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5592AMD)
8. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5591AMD)
9. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5593AMD)
10. **08/30/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5590AMD)
11. **09/28/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5588CHP)
12. **AB55** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55)
13. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB55&version=20010AB5589ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE AB55 Shelley By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 55 Shelley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 55 Shelley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelley — primary (person)
- Dunn — principal coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Matthews — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1015, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 27. Page 8725.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 6093.) `committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-3, passage`
- **2002-08-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-27** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on B.C. & I.T. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-22** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., C. & I. T. (Corrected August 21. ) `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-21** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2001-08-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 2249.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-16** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2000-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2000-12-04** 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/e889da35-ff52-4d0d-81ce-b011e01a7e82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).