republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-981.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Pollution Control Financing Authority: Capital Access Loan Program."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Capital Access Loan Program for small businesses, administered by the California Pollution Control Financing Authority (authority) , which provides loans through participating financial institutions to qualifying small businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 981"
citation: "California AB 981 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Pollution Control Financing Authority: Capital Access Loan Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a78a6db0-1aa6-4a4f-a698-f39aa311e735"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB981"
source_hash: "499232b99ff0adfb277ceb52defec51a311e9f2e19b82b5d8a59db1692849e5c"
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 981 (20112012) — California Pollution Control Financing Authority: Capital Access Loan Program.

(1) Existing law establishes the Capital Access Loan Program for small businesses, administered by the California Pollution Control Financing Authority (authority) , which provides loans through participating financial institutions to qualifying small businesses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB981&version=20110AB98199INT)
2. **09/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB981&version=20110AB98198AMD)
3. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB981&version=20110AB98196CHP)
4. **AB981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB981)
5. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB981&version=20110AB98197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB981 Hueso By De León — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 981 HUESO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 981 HUESO Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1567.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-07-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2011-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2363.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3082.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 484, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a78a6db0-1aa6-4a4f-a698-f39aa311e735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).