republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-29.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development."
description: "Existing law provides for various state programs and services for the purpose of attracting and retaining businesses in the state. Existing law creates the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Office of Planning and Research in the Governor's office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 29"
citation: "California AB 29 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43b208a1-c336-43fa-be88-ed8c1bc40488"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB29"
source_hash: "fd3967edc2e5ce3b512db33643e1a6493a693be556e652f51fd49da6d8f9f82d"
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 29 (20112012) — Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.

Existing law provides for various state programs and services for the purpose of attracting and retaining businesses in the state. Existing law creates the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Office of Planning and Research in the Governor's office.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB29&version=20110AB2999INT)
2. **07/05/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB29&version=20110AB2998AMD)
3. **08/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB29&version=20110AB2997AMD)
4. **09/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB29&version=20110AB2996AMD)
5. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB29&version=20110AB2994CHP)
6. **AB29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB29)
7. **09/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB29&version=20110AB2995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB29 John A. Pérez By Kehoe — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 29 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 29 PÉREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — **76–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
- Feuer — principal coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be heard in committee January 6.
- **2011-01-24** Referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 1638.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2357.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 6. Page 3053.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 475, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43b208a1-c336-43fa-be88-ed8c1bc40488`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).