---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic development: international trade and investment strategy."
description: "Existing law requires the Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to provide to the Legislature, no later than February 1, 2014, a strategy for international trade and investment that includes, among other things, policy goals, objectives, and recommendations for a comprehensive international trade and investment program for the state, and an identified organizational structure for the state administration of international trade and investment policies, programs, and services, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 337"
citation: "California AB 337 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic development: international trade and investment strategy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e66ef38-e964-4f69-897f-2a0bf7a5faff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB337"
source_hash: "dd780d05c9be56bd64194a6a1096357e7cb6c060a2e53f8403b22593c6a6ff4a"
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 337 (20132014) — Economic development: international trade and investment strategy.

Existing law requires the Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to provide to the Legislature, no later than February 1, 2014, a strategy for international trade and investment that includes, among other things, policy goals, objectives, and recommendations for a comprehensive international trade and investment program for the state, and an identified organizational structure for the state administration of international trade and investment policies, programs, and services, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB337&version=20130AB33799INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB337&version=20130AB33797AMD)
3. **01/14/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB337&version=20130AB33796AMD)
4. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB337&version=20130AB33798AMD)
5. **05/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB337&version=20130AB33795AMD)
6. **08/14/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB337&version=20130AB33794AMD)
7. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB337&version=20130AB33792CHP)
8. **AB337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB337)
9. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB337&version=20130AB33793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB337 Allen By Walters — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 337 ALLEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 337 ALLEN Assembly Third Reading — **76–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-07** Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (January 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-14** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3683.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4809.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6444.)
- **2014-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6464.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 776, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e66ef38-e964-4f69-897f-2a0bf7a5faff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).