---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation: State Board of Equalization: administration."
description: "Taxation: State Board of Equalization: administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3079"
citation: "California AB 3079 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation: State Board of Equalization: administration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Revenue and Taxation"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-03-13"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec3f7d27-e7cb-490d-b20f-4a0a1f24e863"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3079"
source_hash: "3ba564080a4a28648f9403db48fe2d96bb48ff8e49309bcd20f3c3c05756c868"
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 3079 (20072008) — Taxation: State Board of Equalization: administration.

## 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=200720080AB3079&version=20070AB307999INT)
2. **06/05/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3079&version=20070AB307998AMD)
3. **06/16/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3079&version=20070AB307997AMD)
4. **09/25/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3079&version=20070AB307995CHP)
5. **AB3079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3079)
6. **08/13/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3079&version=20070AB307996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 3079 REV.& TAX. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By CALDERON — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3079 REV.& TAX. Assembly Third Reading By CALDERON — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3079 Committee on REV. & TAX. (Caldero By Oropeza — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## 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.
- **2008-04-01** 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`
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 1. Page 5160.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-05** 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`
- **2008-06-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. 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: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 4704.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6307.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** 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 306, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec3f7d27-e7cb-490d-b20f-4a0a1f24e863`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).