---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estate taxes: satisfaction."
description: "Estate taxes: satisfaction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 404"
citation: "California AB 404 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estate taxes: satisfaction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuehl"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-12"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f77dfc1-9969-42a3-94f1-e762f3016aa0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB404"
source_hash: "b9e85ddf443929bda9567766cdb5ff8635375f1849b0c9d73c403c88473e2958"
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 404 (19992000) — Estate taxes: satisfaction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB404&version=19990AB40499INT)
2. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB404&version=19990AB40497CHP)
3. **AB404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB404)
4. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB404&version=19990AB40498ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB404 Kuehl By Hayden — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 404 KUEHL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kuehl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 485, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-02** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2861.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 28. Page 2171.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **1999-02-12** 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/7f77dfc1-9969-42a3-94f1-e762f3016aa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).