---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem taxation: taxpayer reporting."
description: "Ad valorem taxation: taxpayer reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 704"
citation: "California AB 704 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ad valorem taxation: taxpayer reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honda"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fd40f74-f66a-4619-ade4-fd41d690d4ee"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB704"
source_hash: "272ae65921e80cdba9bcb94bac63048e6f5f5e91148e88c16c6f34259cbc504b"
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 704 (19992000) — Ad valorem taxation: taxpayer reporting.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB704&version=19990AB70499INT)
2. **05/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB704&version=19990AB70498AMD)
3. **05/24/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB704&version=19990AB70497AMD)
4. **06/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB704&version=19990AB70496AMD)
5. **07/06/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB704&version=19990AB70495AMD)
6. **09/07/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB704&version=19990AB70493CHP)
7. **AB704** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB704)
8. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB704&version=19990AB70494ENR)

## Votes

- AB 704 HONDA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 704 HONDA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB704 Honda By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Honda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 334, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3300.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2403.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-07-06** 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`
- **1999-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-14** 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`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 13. Page 2247.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Passed on file.
- **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`
- **1999-05-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1834.)
- **1999-05-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 17). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** Joint Rule 61 (a)(2) suspended.
- **1999-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** 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/7fd40f74-f66a-4619-ade4-fd41d690d4ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).