Search warrants: foreign corporations and foreign limited liability companies.
Existing law prohibits a foreign corporation from transacting intrastate business without a certificate of qualification from the Secretary of State, and requires a statement filed for a certificate of qualification to include, among other things, an agent for service of process within the state. Existing law prohibits a foreign limited liability company transacting intrastate business in this state from maintaining an action or proceeding in this state unless it has a certificate of registration filed with the Secretary of State, and requires an application for a certificate of registration to include, among other things, an agent for service of process.
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AB 844
California AB 844 (20152016)
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Search warrants: foreign corporations and foreign limited liability companies.
California AB 844 (20152016) — Search warrants: foreign corporations and foreign limited liability companies.
Existing law prohibits a foreign corporation from transacting intrastate business without a certificate of qualification from the Secretary of State, and requires a statement filed for a certificate of qualification to include, among other things, an agent for service of process within the state. Existing law prohibits a foreign limited liability company transacting intrastate business in this state from maintaining an action or proceeding in this state unless it has a certificate of registration filed with the Secretary of State, and requires an application for a certificate of registration to include, among other things, an agent for service of process.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Banking and Finance] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 844 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #3 AB844 Bloom By Hertzberg — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bloom — primary (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.
2015-03-16 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and B. & F. referral-committee
2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1341.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-06-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2015-06-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1550.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-06-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2015-07-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-07-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 57, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0c7b8b3-53b5-4b36-aeb0-1fa547232e28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).