---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation: applications for changed assessment: electronic filing."
description: "Property taxation: applications for changed assessment: electronic filing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1042"
citation: "California AB 1042 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation: applications for changed assessment: electronic filing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spitzer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c3648bb-041d-41f3-aca9-1967c0014990"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1042"
source_hash: "0a97252ea2d6991f42a87edcb59e5accf2e23e0589641cad2f3c6eb55a6c4c9d"
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 1042 (20072008) — Property taxation: applications for changed assessment: electronic filing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1042&version=20070AB104299INT)
2. **09/07/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1042&version=20070AB104297CHP)
3. **AB1042** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1042)
4. **08/29/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1042&version=20070AB104298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1042 SPITZER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1042 Spitzer — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Spitzer — primary (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-09** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1476.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-16** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2121.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2007-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 195, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c3648bb-041d-41f3-aca9-1967c0014990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).