(1) Existing law requires every corporation to file a specified statement of information with the Secretary of State and pay a $5 disclosure fee in addition to any other required fees. Existing law requires one-half of the amount of this disclosure fee to be used for specified purposes, including the development and maintenance of an online database, and the other one-half to be deposited in the Victims of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund.
California AB 554 (20132014) — State government: Secretary of State: fees.
(1) Existing law requires every corporation to file a specified statement of information with the Secretary of State and pay a $5 disclosure fee in addition to any other required fees. Existing law requires one-half of the amount of this disclosure fee to be used for specified purposes, including the development and maintenance of an online database, and the other one-half to be deposited in the Victims of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2013-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2013-03-07 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2013-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2013-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1342.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-05-23 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2013-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-08-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1978.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2013-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2013-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 364, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e48309a6-c2eb-4192-a219-c84952712845. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).