---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Equalization: sales and use taxes: excise and special taxes."
description: "State Board of Equalization: sales and use taxes: excise and special taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1638"
citation: "California AB 1638 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Board of Equalization: sales and use taxes: excise and special taxes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Revenue and Taxation"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-03-03"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b8610d3-22c4-4a70-9dc0-821c8976fb6e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1638"
source_hash: "2f923fad45e53d8d6a54f506e20c0f8afce877946620b230121b8db6a419d474"
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 1638 (19992000) — State Board of Equalization: sales and use taxes: excise and special taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/03/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1638&version=19990AB163899INT)
2. **04/14/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1638&version=19990AB163898AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1638&version=19990AB163897AMD)
4. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1638&version=19990AB163896AMD)
5. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1638&version=19990AB163894CHP)
6. **AB1638** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1638)
7. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1638&version=19990AB163895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #26 AB1638 Committee on Rev & Tax (Knox) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Revenue and Taxation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 929, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **1999-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3789.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2726.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** 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`
- **1999-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1781.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** From printer. May be heard in committee April 3.
- **1999-03-03** 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/6b8610d3-22c4-4a70-9dc0-821c8976fb6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).