---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: bankruptcy: neutral evaluation."
description: "Under existing law, any taxing agency or instrumentality of the state may file a petition and prosecute to completion bankruptcy proceedings permitted under the laws of the United States."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 506"
citation: "California AB 506 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: bankruptcy: neutral evaluation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2c0d2a3-8ae2-4651-9ac5-221503ab60a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506"
source_hash: "fc115b66d9738d394cf7c21e66ae2df1e93935c9da60d3c9060ef3d6d050765e"
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 506 (20112012) — Local government: bankruptcy: neutral evaluation.

Under existing law, any taxing agency or instrumentality of the state may file a petition and prosecute to completion bankruptcy proceedings permitted under the laws of the United States.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50699INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50698AMD)
3. **05/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50697AMD)
4. **06/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50696AMD)
5. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50695AMD)
6. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50694AMD)
7. **08/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50693AMD)
8. **09/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50692AMD)
9. **09/08/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50691AMD)
10. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50689CHP)
11. **AB506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506)
12. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506&version=20110AB50690ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Supp 1 AB506 Wieckowski By Vargas — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 506 WIECKOWSKI Assembly Third Reading — **48–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 506 WIECKOWSKI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–26** (pass) · lower
- From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-31** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 1792.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 22. Noes 16. Page 2049.)
- **2011-08-25** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2011-09-07** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (September 7). `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-07** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-08** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Page 2430.)
- **2011-09-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-09-09** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-09-09** (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2444.)
- **2011-09-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2467.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 3237.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 675, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2c0d2a3-8ae2-4651-9ac5-221503ab60a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).