---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and use taxes: exemptions: animal shelter or nonprofit animal welfare organization: transfer of animal."
description: "Sales and use taxes: exemptions: animal shelter or nonprofit animal welfare organization: transfer of animal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 563"
citation: "California AB 563 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sales and use taxes: exemptions: animal shelter or nonprofit animal welfare organization: transfer of animal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honda"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20ad282c-6853-4b2e-be4f-1e1e76aaf5c7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB563"
source_hash: "156dad7a65794fbbb109459eb5e1caa3705be720c5c382531abc6b720534b8a9"
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 563 (19992000) — Sales and use taxes: exemptions: animal shelter or nonprofit animal welfare organization: transfer of animal.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB563&version=19990AB56399INT)
2. **09/07/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB563&version=19990AB56397CHP)
3. **AB563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB563)
4. **08/25/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB563&version=19990AB56398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 563 HONDA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB563 Honda O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Honda — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- O'Connell — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 361, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2653.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1587.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **1999-02-19** 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/20ad282c-6853-4b2e-be4f-1e1e76aaf5c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).