---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estate tax."
description: "Estate tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1556"
citation: "California AB 1556 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estate tax."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1491dc85-5a9a-43de-a5f5-8f82892c1ed2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1556"
source_hash: "d1818f0aa71dd1169dd910cbf0fdc343c98699bdb42799a78ef362b860675730"
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 1556 (20032004) — Estate tax.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1556&version=20030AB155699INT)
2. **08/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1556&version=20030AB155697CHP)
3. **AB1556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1556)
4. **07/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1556&version=20030AB155698ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #21 ab1556 nakano — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1556 nakano consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 221, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1965.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1566.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1491dc85-5a9a-43de-a5f5-8f82892c1ed2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).