---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation: low-income housing."
description: "Taxation: low-income housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1626"
citation: "California AB 1626 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation: low-income housing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torlakson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "2000-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09630f74-552b-43a9-a5b5-bc129ee3487b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1626"
source_hash: "3d42932c75c684a0cd80fd9a8a6096bda26da8277d2c36e603216dad400159c1"
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 1626 (19992000) — Taxation: low-income housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1626&version=19990AB162699INT)
2. **01/20/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1626&version=19990AB162695AMD)
3. **02/23/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1626&version=19990AB162693CHP)
4. **04/12/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1626&version=19990AB162698AMD)
5. **04/21/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1626&version=19990AB162697AMD)
6. **06/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1626&version=19990AB162696AMD)
7. **AB1626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1626)
8. **02/15/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1626&version=19990AB162694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1626 MIGDEN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1626 Torlakson By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1626 TORLAKSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torlakson — primary (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Migden — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-02-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 3, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-02-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-02-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2000-02-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5124.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-02-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-02-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 1. Page 3671.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-02-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-02-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** (Corrected June 16. )
- **1999-06-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `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 47. Noes 26. Page 1915.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 4.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `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 Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (April 14). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09630f74-552b-43a9-a5b5-bc129ee3487b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).