---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation: tax-defaulted property: redemption period."
description: "Property taxation: tax-defaulted property: redemption period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2144"
citation: "California AB 2144 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation: tax-defaulted property: redemption period."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c562b735-ed78-45bd-b3a0-ecf28ba6da7e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2144"
source_hash: "b29306ab0799825aa1277e65ea46bc0309a0080ff130c09295ff9e6c35618e60"
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 2144 (20032004) — Property taxation: tax-defaulted property: redemption period.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2144&version=20030AB214499INT)
2. **05/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2144&version=20030AB214498AMD)
3. **05/17/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2144&version=20030AB214497AMD)
4. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2144&version=20030AB214496AMD)
5. **09/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2144&version=20030AB214494CHP)
6. **AB2144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2144)
7. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2144&version=20030AB214495ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2144 ridley-thomas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2144 ridley-thoma by cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2144 ridley-thomas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2144 ridley-thomas assembly third reading amend by ridley-thomas set #1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **fail** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 944, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7909.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 34. Page 7934.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 5402.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** To inactive file on motion of Senator Ducheny.
- **2004-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 29. Page 5848.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5722.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2004-02-18** 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/c562b735-ed78-45bd-b3a0-ecf28ba6da7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).