---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Small Business Advocate: small business financial development corporations: Internet Web site information."
description: "Existing law creates the Office of Small Business Advocate within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. Existing law establishes the duties and functions of the advocate, which include advisory participation in the consideration of all legislation and administrative regulations that affect small businesses. Existing law also requires the office to post specified information on its Internet Web site to assist an individual to start a nonprofit corporation in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 201"
citation: "California AB 201 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Office of Small Business Advocate: small business financial development corporations: Internet Web site information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-01-29"
last_action: "2013-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3575bbe5-25f5-4872-9160-abd3fc8ed5cf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB201"
source_hash: "ecf39a634b54af574c1722f66871d0369fd66573a398dccbcf20376421c7a13c"
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 201 (20132014) — Office of Small Business Advocate: small business financial development corporations: Internet Web site information.

Existing law creates the Office of Small Business Advocate within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. Existing law establishes the duties and functions of the advocate, which include advisory participation in the consideration of all legislation and administrative regulations that affect small businesses. Existing law also requires the office to post specified information on its Internet Web site to assist an individual to start a nonprofit corporation in this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB201&version=20130AB20199INT)
2. **04/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB201&version=20130AB20198AMD)
3. **08/14/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB201&version=20130AB20197AMD)
4. **10/04/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB201&version=20130AB20195CHP)
5. **AB201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB201)
6. **08/28/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB201&version=20130AB20196ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB201 Holden By Padilla — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 201 HOLDEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 201 HOLDEN Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2013-02-07** Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1576.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1606.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2013-07-03** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2013-07-03** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2013-08-14** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-08-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1943.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2690.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 529, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3575bbe5-25f5-4872-9160-abd3fc8ed5cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).