republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-650.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motion pictures."
description: "Existing law provides, until January 1, 2015, that a licensee in ordinary course of business takes its rights under a nonexclusive license free of a security interest in the general intangible created by the licensor, even if the security interest is perfected and the licensee knows of its existence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 650"
citation: "California SB 650 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motion pictures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f62a38a-886b-4885-a924-8bd512bcacea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB650"
source_hash: "62c5fad3f8aea7589bb4f7e8e93397bd818803971ccf3bcabdc8c77a27e0274c"
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 650 (20132014) — Motion pictures.

Existing law provides, until January 1, 2015, that a licensee in ordinary course of business takes its rights under a nonexclusive license free of a security interest in the general intangible created by the licensor, even if the security interest is perfected and the licensee knows of its existence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB650&version=20130SB65099INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB650&version=20130SB65097AMD)
3. **01/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB650&version=20130SB65096AMD)
4. **04/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB650&version=20130SB65098AMD)
5. **07/10/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB650&version=20130SB65094CHP)
6. **SB650** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB650)
7. **07/01/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB650&version=20130SB65095ENR)

## Votes

- SB 650 Lieu Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Arts, Entertain, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2013-04-22** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-12-19** Set for hearing January 14.
- **2014-01-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-01-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2600.) (January 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2640.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5747.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-30** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 118, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f62a38a-886b-4885-a924-8bd512bcacea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).