---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property tax exemption: newly planted trees."
description: "Property tax exemption: newly planted trees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 297"
citation: "California AB 297 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property tax exemption: newly planted trees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maze"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c6e95f0-8fe6-4854-b899-a825d7fcb453"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB297"
source_hash: "13d656c90ace7a08038968636fd35ef6043698b9d6a9401fd1db7f324628c0bd"
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 297 (20072008) — Property tax exemption: newly planted trees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB297&version=20070AB29799INT)
2. **09/21/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB297&version=20070AB29797CHP)
3. **AB297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB297)
4. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB297&version=20070AB29798ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 297 MAZE Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB297 Maze — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maze — primary (person)
- Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Blakeslee — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Keene — coauthor (person)
- La Malfa — coauthor (person)
- Nakanishi — coauthor (person)
- Parra — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Villines — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2007-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1188.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-12** 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, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2177.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2007-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 225, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c6e95f0-8fe6-4854-b899-a825d7fcb453`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).