republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1859.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited liability companies: certificate of cancellation."
description: "Limited liability companies: certificate of cancellation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1859"
citation: "California AB 1859 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Limited liability companies: certificate of cancellation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-02"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f1ce247-5dcd-4c83-8069-68514eca425a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1859"
source_hash: "b134aa1f817acf32703347f5e5a3e390dea7045b5ca9d7d3a1a6bc2d17f05615"
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 1859 (20032004) — Limited liability companies: certificate of cancellation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1859&version=20030AB185999INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1859&version=20030AB185998AMD)
3. **06/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1859&version=20030AB185997AMD)
4. **06/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1859&version=20030AB185996AMD)
5. **07/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1859&version=20030AB185995AMD)
6. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1859&version=20030AB185993CHP)
7. **AB1859** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1859)
8. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1859&version=20030AB185994ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1859 nakano by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1859 nakano concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1859 nakano consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 416, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7170.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4872.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5625.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-31** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-02-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2004-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f1ce247-5dcd-4c83-8069-68514eca425a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).