---
type: "Bill"
title: "Microenterprise."
description: "Existing law defines microenterprise as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation that has fewer than 5 employees, including the owner, and generally lacks access to conventional loans, equity, or other banking services, as provided. Existing law distinguishes a microenterprise from a small business or microbusiness. Existing law encourages specified local agencies to access, include, and promote local partnerships that invest in microenterprise development, as provided. Existing law defines a \"microenterprise development provider\" to mean a nonprofit or public agency that provides self-employment training, technical assistance, and access to microloans to individuals seeking to become self-employed or to expand their current business."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 674"
citation: "California AB 674 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Microenterprise."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39a41f68-3a29-4a55-8a9c-636739abdf6e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB674"
source_hash: "1f3b9bdaaa7cf034baa1d5b520b9f7622225175ef22baac95b7fbaec3e84f31a"
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 674 (20132014) — Microenterprise.

Existing law defines microenterprise as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation that has fewer than 5 employees, including the owner, and generally lacks access to conventional loans, equity, or other banking services, as provided. Existing law distinguishes a microenterprise from a small business or microbusiness. Existing law encourages specified local agencies to access, include, and promote local partnerships that invest in microenterprise development, as provided. Existing law defines a "microenterprise development provider" to mean a nonprofit or public agency that provides self-employment training, technical assistance, and access to microloans to individuals seeking to become self-employed or to expand their current business.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB674&version=20130AB67499INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB674&version=20130AB67497AMD)
3. **01/14/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB674&version=20130AB67496AMD)
4. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB674&version=20130AB67498AMD)
5. **07/09/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB674&version=20130AB67494CHP)
6. **AB674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB674)
7. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB674&version=20130AB67495ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB674 Quirk-Silva — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 674 QUIRK-SILVA Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
- Brown — principal coauthor (person)
- Daly — coauthor (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **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`
- **2013-04-23** 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. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (January 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3636.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-21** 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`
- **2014-06-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4141.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2014-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 101, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39a41f68-3a29-4a55-8a9c-636739abdf6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).