republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-557.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonprofit corporations: abatement: dissolution: surrender."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 557"
citation: "California AB 557 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nonprofit corporations: abatement: dissolution: surrender."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dda7902d-215e-402a-8764-fe54533354c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB557"
source_hash: "2a6db9a7082c1ecdcee99fce86371b773a367da614ab0fdb72b6021b1abcedd0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB557&version=20150AB55799INT)
2. **05/28/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB557&version=20150AB55798AMD)
3. **08/17/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB557&version=20150AB55797AMD)
4. **09/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB557&version=20150AB55795CHP)
5. **AB557** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB557)
6. **08/31/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB557&version=20150AB55796ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dda7902d-215e-402a-8764-fe54533354c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).