--- type: "Bill" title: "Business and finance." description: "(1) Existing law provides for the regulation of specified financial institutions pursuant to the Financial Institutions Law." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 537" citation: "California SB 537 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Business and finance."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2013-02-22" last_action: "2013-09-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/779cf523-67ca-4bd6-a9d7-9f4a08933e96" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB537" source_hash: "140b2f942186f8d57443c38b79d9841a27959b13775660812f1da279c8d34530" 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 537 (20132014) — Business and finance. (1) Existing law provides for the regulation of specified financial institutions pursuant to the Financial Institutions Law. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB537&version=20130SB53799INT) 2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB537&version=20130SB53798AMD) 3. **05/16/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB537&version=20130SB53797AMD) 4. **08/12/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB537&version=20130SB53796AMD) 5. **09/23/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB537&version=20130SB53794CHP) 6. **SB537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB537) 7. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB537&version=20130SB53795ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB537 Committee on B. & F.I. (Correa) Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar 2nd SB537 Committee on B. & F.I. — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **8–0** (pass) · upper - SB 537 B.&.F.I. Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **77–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25. - **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `referral-committee` - **2013-03-12** Set for hearing April 3. - **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 404.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 15. - **2013-04-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2013-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2013-04-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 579.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2013-04-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee` - **2013-05-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, 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 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2013-08-08** From consent calendar. - **2013-08-08** Ordered to third reading. - **2013-08-12** Read third time and amended. (Page 2512.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2013-08-12** Ordered to third reading. - **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2603.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2013-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2013-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1971.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m. - **2013-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2013-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 334, Statutes of 2013. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/779cf523-67ca-4bd6-a9d7-9f4a08933e96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).