---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation: tax administration: group returns: real estate withholding requirements: penalties: income apportionment."
description: "Taxation: tax administration: group returns: real estate withholding requirements: penalties: income apportionment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3078"
citation: "California AB 3078 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation: tax administration: group returns: real estate withholding requirements: penalties: income apportionment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Revenue and Taxation"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-03-13"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea1ebf1b-ce44-4293-94eb-f7b0e673ee8b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078"
source_hash: "4b888ae4ab57a4cafd0fe1348187b637500b6968a5a590813d45fc750b8359d3"
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 3078 (20072008) — Taxation: tax administration: group returns: real estate withholding requirements: penalties: income apportionment.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/13/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078&version=20070AB307899INT)
2. **04/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078&version=20070AB307898AMD)
3. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078&version=20070AB307897AMD)
4. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078&version=20070AB307896AMD)
5. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078&version=20070AB307895AMD)
6. **08/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078&version=20070AB307894AMD)
7. **08/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078&version=20070AB307893AMD)
8. **09/25/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078&version=20070AB307891CHP)
9. **AB3078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078)
10. **09/03/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3078&version=20070AB307892ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3078 REV.& TAX. Assembly Third Reading By CALDERON — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3078 REV.& TAX. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By CALDERON — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3078 Committee on REV. & TAX. (Caldero By Oropeza — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Revenue and Taxation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-03-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-14** From printer. May be heard in committee April 13.
- **2008-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5354.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 5317.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6912.)
- **2008-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6918.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 305, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea1ebf1b-ce44-4293-94eb-f7b0e673ee8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).