republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1532.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business filings."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the formation and governance of various business entities, including, but not limited to, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and corporations. Existing law requires a business entity to file specified documents disclosing information regarding the entity with the Secretary of State. Existing law specifies the information to be provided by business entities in the filings, including, but not limited to, the address of their principal office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1532"
citation: "California SB 1532 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business filings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1504f760-98c9-4dfc-9332-0450f41e17dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1532"
source_hash: "11d84723a05472869c5d3f84ff9e2c4fe9ec0f4b39f2e13960845d4039fb48cd"
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 SB 1532 (20112012) — Business filings.

(1) Existing law provides for the formation and governance of various business entities, including, but not limited to, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and corporations. Existing law requires a business entity to file specified documents disclosing information regarding the entity with the Secretary of State. Existing law specifies the information to be provided by business entities in the filings, including, but not limited to, the address of their principal office.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1532&version=20110SB153299INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1532&version=20110SB153298AMD)
3. **04/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1532&version=20110SB153297AMD)
4. **05/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1532&version=20110SB153296AMD)
5. **06/19/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1532&version=20110SB153295AMD)
6. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1532&version=20110SB153294AMD)
7. **09/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1532&version=20110SB153292CHP)
8. **SB1532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1532)
9. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1532&version=20110SB153293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1532 Pavley Senate Third Reading By ENG — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1532 Pavley Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-30** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2012-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3207.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** From consent calendar.
- **2012-05-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-05-29** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3744.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** From consent calendar.
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read third time and amended. (Page 6004.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6138.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-23** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4772.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 494, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1504f760-98c9-4dfc-9332-0450f41e17dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).