republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2503.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations: limited liability companies: dissolution: cancellation: abatement of taxes."
description: "(1) The General Corporation Law sets forth procedures for the creation and dissolution of a corporation. The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act governs the formation, operation, and dissolution of limited liability companies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2503"
citation: "California AB 2503 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations: limited liability companies: dissolution: cancellation: abatement of taxes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aedbc4b1-8804-44e4-bdea-5f4bf963a450"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2503"
source_hash: "c1dd675b40bb096085c684958c26d529d1a3bf6703f37b50238721adeac77891"
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 2503 (20172018) — Corporations: limited liability companies: dissolution: cancellation: abatement of taxes.

(1) The General Corporation Law sets forth procedures for the creation and dissolution of a corporation. The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act governs the formation, operation, and dissolution of limited liability companies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2503&version=20170AB250399INT)
2. **09/22/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2503&version=20170AB250397CHP)
3. **AB2503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2503)
4. **08/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2503&version=20170AB250398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (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
- Special Consent AB2503 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2503 IRWIN Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5430.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5703.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 679, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aedbc4b1-8804-44e4-bdea-5f4bf963a450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).