republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-838.md

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Bill	Corporate records: articles of incorporation: blockchain technology.	Existing law authorizes and regulates the formation and operation of a corporation, social purpose corporation, nonprofit public benefit corporation, nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, or nonprofit religious corporation, including, but not limited to, the adoption and contents of corporate articles of incorporation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 838	California SB 838 (20172018)	bill	Corporate records: articles of incorporation: blockchain technology.	enacted	Hertzberg	10	27	7	2018-01-09	2018-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/4d812e07-2939-4a7b-b7b6-1cb4624ca1cf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB838	6391cb3c3f3eb4c5ccd0f72748d061ed5c4840cddf134adef1f9e21e3b5e5ff9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 838 (20172018) — Corporate records: articles of incorporation: blockchain technology.

Existing law authorizes and regulates the formation and operation of a corporation, social purpose corporation, nonprofit public benefit corporation, nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, or nonprofit religious corporation, including, but not limited to, the adoption and contents of corporate articles of incorporation.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/10/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/14/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/06/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/28/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB838 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/06/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB838 Hertzberg Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 838 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By CALDERON — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hertzberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 9.
• 2018-01-16 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-04 Re-referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2018-04-10 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 6. Noes 0. Page 4744.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-27 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2018-05-09 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4997.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5087.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-05-31 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2018-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-07-05 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6955.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6116.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 889, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d812e07-2939-4a7b-b7b6-1cb4624ca1cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).