republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-816.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cooperative corporations: worker cooperatives."
description: "Existing law, the Consumer Cooperative Corporation Law, governs the organization and operation of consumer cooperative corporations. The law specifies the provisions that may be set forth in the articles of incorporation of a consumer cooperative. Existing law provides for, among other things, information to be included in a corporation's bylaws, definitions necessary for purposes of defining patrons, and requirements as to voting rights of members. Except as specified, existing law requires that the voting power of members having voting rights in a cooperative corporation be equal. Existing law also requires cooperative corporations to hold a meeting of members annually. Existing law makes the violation of specified provisions a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 816"
citation: "California AB 816 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cooperative corporations: worker cooperatives."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ef4dbe6-f549-46e8-8e55-0749d32f9f3f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB816"
source_hash: "92547157c5c172240b0c88b21bc584914c7a5693ea7341ece0c19491a8bdfff3"
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 816 (20152016) — Cooperative corporations: worker cooperatives.

Existing law, the Consumer Cooperative Corporation Law, governs the organization and operation of consumer cooperative corporations. The law specifies the provisions that may be set forth in the articles of incorporation of a consumer cooperative. Existing law provides for, among other things, information to be included in a corporation's bylaws, definitions necessary for purposes of defining patrons, and requirements as to voting rights of members. Except as specified, existing law requires that the voting power of members having voting rights in a cooperative corporation be equal. Existing law also requires cooperative corporations to hold a meeting of members annually. Existing law makes the violation of specified provisions a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB816&version=20150AB81699INT)
2. **04/13/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB816&version=20150AB81698AMD)
3. **04/30/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB816&version=20150AB81697AMD)
4. **05/14/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB816&version=20150AB81696AMD)
5. **06/22/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB816&version=20150AB81695AMD)
6. **07/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB816&version=20150AB81694AMD)
7. **08/12/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB816&version=20150AB81692CHP)
8. **AB816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB816)
9. **07/21/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB816&version=20150AB81693ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB816 Bonta By Hancock — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 816 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 816 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — **55–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)
- Dababneh — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-13** 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`
- **2015-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 1551.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-07-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1906.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 2416.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 192, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ef4dbe6-f549-46e8-8e55-0749d32f9f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).