---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alarm companies: limited liability companies."
description: "Existing law, the Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act, authorizes a limited liability company to engage in any lawful business activity, except as specified, but prohibits construing the act to permit a limited liability company to render professional services, as defined. Existing law also authorizes a limited liability company to render services that may be lawfully rendered only pursuant to a license, certificate, or registration authorized by the Business and Professions Code if the provisions of that code authorize a limited liability company to hold that license, certificate, or registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1077"
citation: "California SB 1077 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alarm companies: limited liability companies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-14"
last_action: "2012-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3ea8616-18b4-4dff-8dde-a1aaad8c0326"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1077"
source_hash: "46f60d4859ebfd210e1ab6d5a024263e47257c922db3d903baefa42c0653cf2b"
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 SB 1077 (20112012) — Alarm companies: limited liability companies.

Existing law, the Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act, authorizes a limited liability company to engage in any lawful business activity, except as specified, but prohibits construing the act to permit a limited liability company to render professional services, as defined. Existing law also authorizes a limited liability company to render services that may be lawfully rendered only pursuant to a license, certificate, or registration authorized by the Business and Professions Code if the provisions of that code authorize a limited liability company to hold that license, certificate, or registration.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1077&version=20110SB107799INT)
2. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1077&version=20110SB107798AMD)
3. **06/27/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1077&version=20110SB107797AMD)
4. **09/11/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1077&version=20110SB107795CHP)
5. **SB1077** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1077)
6. **08/23/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1077&version=20110SB107796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1077 Price Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1077 Price Senate Third Reading By NESTANDE — **69–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-21** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2012-04-09** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-04-11** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3188.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2012-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3309.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2012-05-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3714.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 7. Page 6059.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4698.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 291, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3ea8616-18b4-4dff-8dde-a1aaad8c0326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).