---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foreign corporations and financial institutions: production of records."
description: "Foreign corporations and financial institutions: production of records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1776"
citation: "California AB 1776 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foreign corporations and financial institutions: production of records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Banking and Finance"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-03-18"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1d3e473-420a-4687-ad8b-2699e68b5356"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1776"
source_hash: "17b29324d069b69f7ec18f8b9ebc2b1d93329ee7bc2512e77b36fb75eb5b7d4c"
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 1776 (20032004) — Foreign corporations and financial institutions: production of records.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1776&version=20030AB177699INT)
2. **06/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1776&version=20030AB177698AMD)
3. **06/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1776&version=20030AB177697AMD)
4. **07/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1776&version=20030AB177696AMD)
5. **08/11/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1776&version=20030AB177695AMD)
6. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1776&version=20030AB177693CHP)
7. **AB1776** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1776)
8. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1776&version=20030AB177694ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1776 committee on bank. & fin. (wiggin by florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1776 b.& f. concurrence in senate amendments by wiggins — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1776 committee on bank. & fin. (wiggin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1776 committee on bank. & fin. (wiggin reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1776 b.& f. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on judiciary to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Banking and Finance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 629, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7297.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 4957.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-11** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passage refused in Senate. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 4869.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Florez. Reconsideration granted. (Page 4882.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-07-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1861.)
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-11** In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by Committee.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to B., C. & I. T. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1709.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-19** From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
- **2003-03-18** 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/e1d3e473-420a-4687-ad8b-2699e68b5356`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).