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Bill	Limited liability companies: dissolution: cancellation of articles of organization.	Existing law, the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, authorizes a limited liability company to have any lawful purpose, except as specified. A limited liability company is an entity distinct from its members. Existing law authorizes one or more persons to form a limited liability company by, among other things, signing and delivering articles of organization to the Secretary of State. Under existing law, a limited liability company is a member-managed limited liability company unless the articles of organization contain a statement that the limited liability company is to be manager managed. Under existing law, the operating agreement governs, among other things, relations among the members as members and between the members and the limited liability company and the activities of the limited liability company.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1722	California AB 1722 (20152016)	bill	Limited liability companies: dissolution: cancellation of articles of organization.	enacted	Wagner	5	19	5	2016-01-28	2016-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/b53a2b69-7ab5-480c-9b5d-918fef4fd3b9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1722	d1878929afba08658fdc4e5b4a2d447c1d24533f3f492e3e77db73755d9ebe95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1722 (20152016) — Limited liability companies: dissolution: cancellation of articles of organization.

Existing law, the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, authorizes a limited liability company to have any lawful purpose, except as specified. A limited liability company is an entity distinct from its members. Existing law authorizes one or more persons to form a limited liability company by, among other things, signing and delivering articles of organization to the Secretary of State. Under existing law, a limited liability company is a member-managed limited liability company unless the articles of organization contain a statement that the limited liability company is to be manager managed. Under existing law, the operating agreement governs, among other things, relations among the members as members and between the members and the limited liability company and the activities of the limited liability company.

Version chain

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

1. 01/28/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/29/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/22/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1722 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/07/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1722 WAGNER Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wagner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-28 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-01-29 From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
• 2016-02-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-01 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4360.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-04-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-27 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2016-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4650.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2016-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2016-07-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-07-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 66, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b53a2b69-7ab5-480c-9b5d-918fef4fd3b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).