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Bill	Nonprofit corporations: abatement: dissolution: surrender.	The Nonprofit Corporation Law, among other things, generally regulates the organization and operation of nonprofit public benefit corporations, nonprofit mutual benefit corporations, and nonprofit religious corporations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 557	California AB 557 (20152016)	bill	Nonprofit corporations: abatement: dissolution: surrender.	enacted	Irwin	6	23	8	2015-02-23	2015-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/dda7902d-215e-402a-8764-fe54533354c6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB557	2a6db9a7082c1ecdcee99fce86371b773a367da614ab0fdb72b6021b1abcedd0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 557 (20152016) — Nonprofit corporations: abatement: dissolution: surrender.

The Nonprofit Corporation Law, among other things, generally regulates the organization and operation of nonprofit public benefit corporations, nonprofit mutual benefit corporations, and nonprofit religious corporations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/28/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/17/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB557 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 557 IRWIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 557 IRWIN Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Irwin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1804.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2015-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2117.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2602.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dda7902d-215e-402a-8764-fe54533354c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).