republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1780.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations: shareholders' meetings: remote communication."
description: "Existing law authorizes and regulates the formation and operation of a corporation, nonprofit public benefit corporation, nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, nonprofit religious corporation, or cooperative corporation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1780"
citation: "California AB 1780 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations: shareholders' meetings: remote communication."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efcf1daf-6b9f-4d09-be38-dc8e15321399"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1780"
source_hash: "1b8358a7769f97dd5645efa337ad315f48772a34bf013185f6b5921b9afaf0c4"
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 1780 (20212022) — Corporations: shareholders' meetings: remote communication.

Existing law authorizes and regulates the formation and operation of a corporation, nonprofit public benefit corporation, nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, nonprofit religious corporation, or cooperative corporation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1780&version=20210AB178099INT)
2. **03/11/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1780&version=20210AB178098AMD)
3. **04/05/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1780&version=20210AB178097AMD)
4. **06/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1780&version=20210AB178096AMD)
5. **06/30/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1780&version=20210AB178095AMD)
6. **08/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1780&version=20210AB178094AMD)
7. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1780&version=20210AB178092CHP)
8. **AB1780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1780)
9. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1780&version=20210AB178093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1780 Chen Third Reading Urgency — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1780 Chen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1780 Chen By Dahle — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-04-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4258.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-08** From Special Consent Calendar.
- **2022-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5104.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 951, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efcf1daf-6b9f-4d09-be38-dc8e15321399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).