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Bill	Local government: bankruptcy: neutral evaluation.	Under existing law, any taxing agency or instrumentality of the state may file a petition and prosecute to completion bankruptcy proceedings permitted under the laws of the United States.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 506	California AB 506 (20112012)	bill	Local government: bankruptcy: neutral evaluation.	enacted	Wieckowski	12	40	9	2011-02-15	2011-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/f2c0d2a3-8ae2-4651-9ac5-221503ab60a4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB506	fc115b66d9738d394cf7c21e66ae2df1e93935c9da60d3c9060ef3d6d050765e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 506 (20112012) — Local government: bankruptcy: neutral evaluation.

Under existing law, any taxing agency or instrumentality of the state may file a petition and prosecute to completion bankruptcy proceedings permitted under the laws of the United States.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/31/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/31/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/29/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/12/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/15/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/02/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/08/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 10/09/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB506 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/20/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Supp 1 AB506 Wieckowski By Vargas — 28–10 (pass) · upper
• AB 506 WIECKOWSKI Assembly Third Reading — 48–27 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• AB 506 WIECKOWSKI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–26 (pass) · lower
• From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — 7–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wieckowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (May 4). 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
• 2011-05-31 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 1792.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2011-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-08-25 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 22. Noes 16. Page 2049.)
• 2011-08-25 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (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
• 2011-09-06 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2011-09-06 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2011-09-07 From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (September 7). committee-passage
• 2011-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-07 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-09-08 Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Page 2430.)
• 2011-09-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-09-09 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2011-09-09 (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2444.)
• 2011-09-09 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2467.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2011-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 3237.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 675, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2c0d2a3-8ae2-4651-9ac5-221503ab60a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).