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Bill	Nonprofit and cooperative corporations: ratification or validation of noncompliant corporate actions.	The General Corporation Law regulates the organization of and operation of specified corporations. The Nonprofit Corporation Law regulates the organization and operation of nonprofit public benefit corporations, nonprofit mutual benefit corporations, and nonprofit religious corporations. The Cooperative Corporation Law governs the organization and operation of cooperative corporations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 446	California SB 446 (20232024)	bill	Nonprofit and cooperative corporations ratification or validation of noncompliant corporate actions	enacted	Wilk	4	22	7	2023-02-13	2023-09-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7113238e-bc5a-447a-92cb-9c577038f010	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB446	3bb9f2c4e7a20d093ea141da51b15157b54fc15eabd37e063c2da2bc2db583fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 446 (20232024) — Nonprofit and cooperative corporations: ratification or validation of noncompliant corporate actions.

The General Corporation Law regulates the organization of and operation of specified corporations. The Nonprofit Corporation Law regulates the organization and operation of nonprofit public benefit corporations, nonprofit mutual benefit corporations, and nonprofit religious corporations. The Cooperative Corporation Law governs the organization and operation of cooperative corporations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/01/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB446 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 446 Wilk Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wilk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
• 2023-02-22 Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 569.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 686.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-14 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2023-04-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 961.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-11 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2742.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-17 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2023-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2023-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 151, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7113238e-bc5a-447a-92cb-9c577038f010. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).