republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2158.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations."
description: "Existing law, the General Corporation Law, provides that an action required or permitted to be taken by the board of a corporation may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board consent in writing to that action. Existing law, until January 1, 2011, provides that \"all members of the board\" includes an \"interested director\" or a \"common director\" who abstains in writing from providing consent if specified disclosures have been made to certain directors, the disclosures are included in the written consent, and these directors approve the action by a specified vote."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2158"
citation: "California AB 2158 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hagman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3ef8a0a-115d-4a37-8f95-a7c02bade549"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2158"
source_hash: "bed357ce8b396d37367816f24bde13d8727b8f84990d46003caf540f0fb1a877"
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 2158 (20092010) — Corporations.

Existing law, the General Corporation Law, provides that an action required or permitted to be taken by the board of a corporation may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board consent in writing to that action. Existing law, until January 1, 2011, provides that "all members of the board" includes an "interested director" or a "common director" who abstains in writing from providing consent if specified disclosures have been made to certain directors, the disclosures are included in the written consent, and these directors approve the action by a specified vote.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2158&version=20090AB215899INT)
2. **04/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2158&version=20090AB215898AMD)
3. **05/18/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2158&version=20090AB215897AMD)
4. **07/15/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2158&version=20090AB215895CHP)
5. **AB2158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2158)
6. **07/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2158&version=20090AB215896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2158 Hagman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2158 HAGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hagman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-05-24** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2010-05-24** To second reading.
- **2010-05-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5393.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4200.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2010-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3ef8a0a-115d-4a37-8f95-a7c02bade549`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).