---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Equalization: business and special taxes: compromises."
description: "State Board of Equalization: business and special taxes: compromises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2047"
citation: "California AB 2047 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Board of Equalization: business and special taxes: compromises."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-19"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87d90de4-b451-415f-a966-e02215ed08fc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2047"
source_hash: "e51401dbb4e589a96d58b20d938d5d92ebe7747ecdef9f1ee901d61513f06496"
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 2047 (20072008) — State Board of Equalization: business and special taxes: compromises.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2047&version=20070AB204799INT)
2. **04/09/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2047&version=20070AB204798AMD)
3. **06/16/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2047&version=20070AB204797AMD)
4. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2047&version=20070AB204795CHP)
5. **AB2047** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2047)
6. **07/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2047&version=20070AB204796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2047 HORTON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2047 HORTON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #32 AB2047 Horton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4926.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4638.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6050.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2008-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 222, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87d90de4-b451-415f-a966-e02215ed08fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).