---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bankruptcy."
description: "Existing law contains various provisions related to the filing of bankruptcy by an individual or corporation under federal bankruptcy law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1059"
citation: "California AB 1059 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bankruptcy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Silva"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12cd9d68-caf1-463e-81dd-1741028e4f2f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1059"
source_hash: "5d099190c35bdd7f4e35de92e84bbf228a3935aa49997d1209fb4b6811d312c0"
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 1059 (20092010) — Bankruptcy.

Existing law contains various provisions related to the filing of bankruptcy by an individual or corporation under federal bankruptcy law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1059&version=20090AB105999INT)
2. **04/02/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1059&version=20090AB105998AMD)
3. **08/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1059&version=20090AB105997AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1059&version=20090AB105995CHP)
5. **AB1059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1059)
6. **08/31/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1059&version=20090AB105996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1059 SILVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #15 AB1059 Silva By Harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1059 SILVA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1368.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** To inactive file on motion of Senator Denham.
- **2009-08-17** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2009-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-20** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1928.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2746.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 500, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12cd9d68-caf1-463e-81dd-1741028e4f2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).