--- type: "Bill" title: "Business: filings." description: "Existing law requires certain business entities, including, but not limited to, a corporation, a limited partnership, a foreign corporation, a foreign limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, a foreign limited liability partnership, a flexible purpose corporation, a limited liability company, an unincorporated association, and a credit union, to make various filings with the Secretary of State. Existing law authorizes agents designated for service of process for specified entities to file a written statement of resignation as that agent with the Secretary of State. Existing law allows a person to apply for and reserve a name for a business entity with the Secretary of State. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to reinstate a fraudulently terminated business entity upon court order." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 1041" citation: "California SB 1041 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Business: filings."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"] version_count: 7 action_count: 25 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2014-02-18" last_action: "2014-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71922b28-dfba-4f56-97d7-294c44b22bd6" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1041" source_hash: "f6b8859dc885b6f3417f177527a97aed7460a828c7be41d9b12e75fbd2dbb11a" 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 1041 (20132014) — Business: filings. Existing law requires certain business entities, including, but not limited to, a corporation, a limited partnership, a foreign corporation, a foreign limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, a foreign limited liability partnership, a flexible purpose corporation, a limited liability company, an unincorporated association, and a credit union, to make various filings with the Secretary of State. Existing law authorizes agents designated for service of process for specified entities to file a written statement of resignation as that agent with the Secretary of State. Existing law allows a person to apply for and reserve a name for a business entity with the Secretary of State. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to reinstate a fraudulently terminated business entity upon court order. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1041&version=20130SB104199INT) 2. **03/28/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1041&version=20130SB104198AMD) 3. **04/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1041&version=20130SB104197AMD) 4. **08/07/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1041&version=20130SB104196AMD) 5. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1041&version=20130SB104194CHP) 6. **SB1041** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1041) 7. **08/15/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1041&version=20130SB104195ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB1041 Jackson Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1041 Jackson Senate Third Reading By ACHADJIAN — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jackson — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction` - **2014-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21. - **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2014-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-03-28** Set for hearing April 8. - **2014-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3092.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2014-04-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-04-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2014-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3328.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2014-05-23** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee` - **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-04** From consent calendar. - **2014-08-04** Ordered to third reading. - **2014-08-07** Read third time and amended. (Page 5912.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-07** Ordered to third reading. - **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5968.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2014-08-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4474.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 834, Statutes of 2014. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71922b28-dfba-4f56-97d7-294c44b22bd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).