Corporations: NASDAQ: national securities exchange.
Existing law regulates the operations of corporations, including, without limitation, elections of boards of directors and qualification with the Commissioner of Corporations of securities offerings in specified transactions, based on, among other things, whether a security is traded on a national securities exchange or is listed on the National Market System of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Existing law governing broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives references the National Association of Securities Dealers.
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California Legislature
20092010
AB 991
California AB 991 (20092010)
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Corporations: NASDAQ: national securities exchange.
California AB 991 (20092010) — Corporations: NASDAQ: national securities exchange.
Existing law regulates the operations of corporations, including, without limitation, elections of boards of directors and qualification with the Commissioner of Corporations of securities offerings in specified transactions, based on, among other things, whether a security is traded on a national securities exchange or is listed on the National Market System of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Existing law governing broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives references the National Association of Securities Dealers.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 991 SILVA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Silva — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
2009-04-20 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
2009-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
2009-05-05 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-06 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-11 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1368.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-05-21 Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. referral-committee
2009-06-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-06-22 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2009-06-24 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1428.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-06-24 In Assembly. To enrollment.
2009-06-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2009-07-01 Withdrawn from Governor.
2009-07-01 Ordered returned to enrollment.
2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a75e80d5-9408-4a38-af5f-ebe30f5e90eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).