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Bill	Flexible purpose corporations.	Existing law authorizes and regulates the formation and operation of corporations and nonprofit corporations and specifies the respective purposes for which they may lawfully be formed. Existing law specifies the duties of corporate directors and the rights of shareholders.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 201	California SB 201 (20112012)	bill	Flexible purpose corporations.	enacted	DeSaulnier	7	31	10	2011-02-08	2011-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/7776e871-4e09-4383-b6a5-8ac6cea4c823	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB201	4e9c849c2773d9316a1f9cda5a3239b13e1bbcae0a42e4680e59f3328190c593	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 201 (20112012) — Flexible purpose corporations.

Existing law authorizes and regulates the formation and operation of corporations and nonprofit corporations and specifies the respective purposes for which they may lawfully be formed. Existing law specifies the duties of corporate directors and the rights of shareholders.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/22/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/25/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/09/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB201 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 10–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB201 DeSaulnier Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 201 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By ACHADJIAN — 52–21 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• DeSaulnier — primary (person)
• Wolk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
• 2011-02-17 Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-02-24 Set for hearing April 6.
• 2011-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-03-14 (Corrected March 16.)
• 2011-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 579.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-08 Set for hearing April 12.
• 2011-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 642.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-14 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2011-05-02 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2011-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1114.) (May 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1224.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-13 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (July 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-22 Read third time and amended. (Page 2507.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-08-25 Read third time and amended. (Page 2579.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 21. Page 2687.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2235.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
• 2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 740, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7776e871-4e09-4383-b6a5-8ac6cea4c823. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).