republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-225.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Pollution Control Financing Authority: Capital Access Loan Program."
description: "(1) The California Pollution Control Financing Authority Act establishes the Capital Access Loan Program for small businesses, administered by the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, which provides loans through participating financial institutions to qualifying small businesses. The authority is required to create a loss reserve account for each financial institution. The act authorizes the authority to enact regulations for the distribution of specified funds paid to the authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "California SB 225 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Pollution Control Financing Authority: Capital Access Loan Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7160fcf7-ce73-40a2-a125-4e9eb661dff6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB225"
source_hash: "fad1b317eaf71868257442c7bb0e7ac6ef45887f1272bef95133c929f433d367"
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 225 (20112012) — California Pollution Control Financing Authority: Capital Access Loan Program.

(1) The California Pollution Control Financing Authority Act establishes the Capital Access Loan Program for small businesses, administered by the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, which provides loans through participating financial institutions to qualifying small businesses. The authority is required to create a loss reserve account for each financial institution. The act authorizes the authority to enact regulations for the distribution of specified funds paid to the authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB225&version=20110SB22599INT)
2. **06/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB225&version=20110SB22598AMD)
3. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB225&version=20110SB22597AMD)
4. **08/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB225&version=20110SB22596AMD)
5. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB225&version=20110SB22594CHP)
6. **SB225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB225)
7. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB225&version=20110SB22595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 225 Simitian Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB225 Simitian Urgency Clause Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and The Economy with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Achadjian — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Set for hearing March 21.
- **2011-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 414.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 708.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-20** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D. & E. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2598.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-30** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2147.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 492, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7160fcf7-ce73-40a2-a125-4e9eb661dff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).