---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations: bylaws: emergency powers."
description: "Existing law authorizes and regulates the formation and operation of a corporation, nonprofit public benefit corporation, nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, or nonprofit religious corporation, including, but not limited to, the adoption and contents of corporate bylaws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 491"
citation: "California AB 491 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations: bylaws: emergency powers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/198b0aa3-b6f9-43da-b4a0-d00330cd8c1a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB491"
source_hash: "e157c98f59c58efc9216e90c1510b49c687a0dfa9722d2eb9d5f7b75223a2d3d"
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 491 (20132014) — Corporations: bylaws: emergency powers.

Existing law authorizes and regulates the formation and operation of a corporation, nonprofit public benefit corporation, nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, or nonprofit religious corporation, including, but not limited to, the adoption and contents of corporate bylaws.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB491&version=20130AB49199INT)
2. **04/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB491&version=20130AB49198AMD)
3. **05/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB491&version=20130AB49197AMD)
4. **06/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB491&version=20130AB49196AMD)
5. **06/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB491&version=20130AB49195AMD)
6. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB491&version=20130AB49193CHP)
7. **AB491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB491)
8. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB491&version=20130AB49194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 491 Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BONTA — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB491 Torres By Torres — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 491 TORRES Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Torres — primary (person)
- Bonta — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2013-03-14** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1476.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-20** From consent calendar.
- **2013-06-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-06-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1694.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2643.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 255, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/198b0aa3-b6f9-43da-b4a0-d00330cd8c1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).