republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-674.md

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Bill	Microenterprise.	Existing law defines microenterprise as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation that has fewer than 5 employees, including the owner, and generally lacks access to conventional loans, equity, or other banking services, as provided. Existing law distinguishes a microenterprise from a small business or microbusiness. Existing law encourages specified local agencies to access, include, and promote local partnerships that invest in microenterprise development, as provided. Existing law defines a "microenterprise development provider" to mean a nonprofit or public agency that provides self-employment training, technical assistance, and access to microloans to individuals seeking to become self-employed or to expand their current business.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 674	California AB 674 (20132014)	bill	Microenterprise.	enacted	Quirk-Silva	7	22	4	2013-02-21	2014-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/39a41f68-3a29-4a55-8a9c-636739abdf6e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB674	1f3b9bdaaa7cf034baa1d5b520b9f7622225175ef22baac95b7fbaec3e84f31a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 674 (20132014) — Microenterprise.

Existing law defines microenterprise as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation that has fewer than 5 employees, including the owner, and generally lacks access to conventional loans, equity, or other banking services, as provided. Existing law distinguishes a microenterprise from a small business or microbusiness. Existing law encourages specified local agencies to access, include, and promote local partnerships that invest in microenterprise development, as provided. Existing law defines a "microenterprise development provider" to mean a nonprofit or public agency that provides self-employment training, technical assistance, and access to microloans to individuals seeking to become self-employed or to expand their current business.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/06/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/14/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/19/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/09/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB674 (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/30/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd AB674 Quirk-Silva — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 674 QUIRK-SILVA Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
• Brown — principal coauthor (person)
• Daly — coauthor (person)
• Fox — coauthor (person)
• Medina — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2013-03-19 Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2013-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2013-04-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2014-01-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-01-07 Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2014-01-13 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (January 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-01-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-01-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-01-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3636.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-01-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-02-06 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2014-06-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2014-06-17 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-06-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4141.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-06-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2014-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
• 2014-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 101, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39a41f68-3a29-4a55-8a9c-636739abdf6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).