---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estate tax."
description: "Estate tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2818"
citation: "California AB 2818 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estate tax."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-28"
last_action: "2000-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0490bb66-0dea-42be-8530-bda3bf2b1569"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2818"
source_hash: "56a003c07c174b95ab829844c20928f7e7807becb47031a42c2fd4fe190f3b71"
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 2818 (19992000) — Estate tax.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/28/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2818&version=19990AB281899INT)
2. **04/12/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2818&version=19990AB281898AMD)
3. **06/01/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2818&version=19990AB281897AMD)
4. **06/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2818&version=19990AB281896AMD)
5. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2818&version=19990AB281895AMD)
6. **09/08/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2818&version=19990AB281893CHP)
7. **AB2818** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2818)
8. **08/22/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2818&version=19990AB281894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2818 Corbett By Chesbro Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2818 Corbett By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 8091.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-07** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2000-07-06** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2000-07-06** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2000-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-06-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5369.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-07** 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`
- **2000-06-01** 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`
- **2000-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6327.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-29** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2000-02-28** Joint Rule 54 suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/0490bb66-0dea-42be-8530-bda3bf2b1569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).