---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional limited liability partnerships."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2012, provides for the organization and governance of a professional limited liability partnership for the practice of architecture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 560"
citation: "California AB 560 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professional limited liability partnerships."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gorell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/225cf51f-9b40-4540-a81f-7b4a3325723b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB560"
source_hash: "d3035d541599198750359d8dc4e152f31d9c990b639c8b23c6185dad7fbac61f"
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 560 (20112012) — Professional limited liability partnerships.

Existing law, until January 1, 2012, provides for the organization and governance of a professional limited liability partnership for the practice of architecture.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB560&version=20110AB56099INT)
2. **04/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB560&version=20110AB56098AMD)
3. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB560&version=20110AB56097AMD)
4. **09/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB560&version=20110AB56095CHP)
5. **AB560** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB560)
6. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB560&version=20110AB56096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 560 GORELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 560 GORELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GATTO — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #8 — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gorell — primary (person)
- Gatto — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1356.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2018.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2554.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 291, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/225cf51f-9b40-4540-a81f-7b4a3325723b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).