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Bill Corporations: boards of directors. The General Corporation Law provides for the formation of domestic general corporations by the execution and filing of articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State. Under that law, the business and affairs of these corporations are generally managed by, and all corporate powers exercised by or under, the direction of their boards of directors, and each director is elected by shareholder vote, with certain exceptions, as specified. That law also allows foreign corporations to transact intrastate business by obtaining certificates of qualification from the Secretary of State and requires foreign corporations that meet certain criteria to comply with specified provisions applicable to domestic general corporations to the exclusion of the law of the jurisdiction in which the foreign corporation is incorporated. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 SB 826 California SB 826 (20172018)
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California SB 826 (20172018) — Corporations: boards of directors.

The General Corporation Law provides for the formation of domestic general corporations by the execution and filing of articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State. Under that law, the business and affairs of these corporations are generally managed by, and all corporate powers exercised by or under, the direction of their boards of directors, and each director is elected by shareholder vote, with certain exceptions, as specified. That law also allows foreign corporations to transact intrastate business by obtaining certificates of qualification from the Secretary of State and requires foreign corporations that meet certain criteria to comply with specified provisions applicable to domestic general corporations to the exclusion of the law of the jurisdiction in which the foreign corporation is incorporated.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/03/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/30/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB826 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/05/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 60 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 51 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB826 Jackson et al. Concurrence — 239 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 51 (pass) · upper
  • SB 826 Jackson Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — 4126 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 52 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended. — 120 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended — 52 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading SB826 Jackson et al. — 2211 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 71 (pass) · lower
  • [04-25-2018] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — 70 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Jackson — primary (person)
  • Atkins — author (person)
  • Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
  • Leyva — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 3.
  • 2018-01-16 Referred to Coms. on I., B. & F.I. and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2018-03-15 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2018-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2018-03-15 Re-referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2018-03-16 Set for hearing April 4.
  • 2018-03-20 April 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2018-03-21 Set for hearing April 18.
  • 2018-04-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
  • 2018-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4744.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-04-20 Set for hearing April 24.
  • 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4813.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-04-25 April 24 set for first hearing. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
  • 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4813.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-04-27 Set for hearing May 7.
  • 2018-05-07 May 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
  • 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4297.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 4450.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2018-06-14 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2018-06-21 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
  • 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 41. Noes 26. Page 6774.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 6024.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 954, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54a7f1d7-0537-4732-b728-e4ed01aad554. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).