---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax: personal income tax: conformity with federal law: exclusion of gains from sale of a personal residence."
description: "Income Tax: personal income tax: conformity with federal law: exclusion of gains from sale of a personal residence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 816"
citation: "California AB 816 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Income Tax: personal income tax: conformity with federal law: exclusion of gains from sale of a personal residence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb48b185-c417-4ead-9b26-796811d22c92"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB816"
source_hash: "b0c1a791a6ec7bc6d7851da076b58350a0da5c5aaa349c9ca757d3f3f17bd599"
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 816 (20012002) — Income Tax: personal income tax: conformity with federal law: exclusion of gains from sale of a personal residence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB816&version=20010AB81699INT)
2. **05/21/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB816&version=20010AB81698AMD)
3. **08/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB816&version=20010AB81696CHP)
4. **AB816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB816)
5. **07/21/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB816&version=20010AB81697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #23 AB816 Thomson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 816 Thomson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 164, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2178.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1795.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/bb48b185-c417-4ead-9b26-796811d22c92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).