---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal property tax: hand tool exemption."
description: "Personal property tax: hand tool exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 136"
citation: "California AB 136 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal property tax: hand tool exemption."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-01-23"
last_action: "2001-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dc9b800-0c7f-4aa2-87a4-fbc9541eaefc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB136"
source_hash: "68bd05d06f0eb3134a40eed10d52f056072dbd806b97b48a3ab0d49f80eda940"
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 136 (20012002) — Personal property tax: hand tool exemption.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB136&version=20010AB13699INT)
2. **03/28/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB136&version=20010AB13698AMD)
3. **08/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB136&version=20010AB13696CHP)
4. **AB136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB136)
5. **07/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB136&version=20010AB13697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 136 Corbett Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB136 Corbett By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- 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) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)
- Runner — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 161, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2001-07-20** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-07-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2136.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2022.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 884.). `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-02-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2001-01-23** 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/7dc9b800-0c7f-4aa2-87a4-fbc9541eaefc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).