---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confidentiality: taxpayer communications."
description: "Confidentiality: taxpayer communications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1016"
citation: "California AB 1016 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidentiality: taxpayer communications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f03b498-f4d6-4df8-84fc-c9a8a91371d1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1016"
source_hash: "1ab04b757759bb7c265845d8d91ac1526b7b6d6266b6d3c2f3d287242d7f0f63"
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 1016 (19992000) — Confidentiality: taxpayer communications.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1016&version=19990AB101699INT)
2. **01/04/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1016&version=19990AB101696AMD)
3. **04/21/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1016&version=19990AB101698AMD)
4. **05/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1016&version=19990AB101697AMD)
5. **08/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1016&version=19990AB101695AMD)
6. **09/14/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1016&version=19990AB101693CHP)
7. **AB1016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1016)
8. **08/24/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1016&version=19990AB101694ENR)

## Votes

- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1016 BRIGGS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1016 Briggs McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1016 BRIGGS CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2000-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 8214.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 5913.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2000-08-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-17** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 7. Page 1890.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (May 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f03b498-f4d6-4df8-84fc-c9a8a91371d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).