---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate transfer fees: residential property."
description: "Real estate transfer fees: residential property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 980"
citation: "California AB 980 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real estate transfer fees: residential property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Calderon"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/846416a9-305d-4fff-909d-b1ae64194314"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980"
source_hash: "3913478315ba4aa1da22a82a4c6d658d5d0f5b7ad229b8a8f4d6c6acec0d31aa"
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 980 (20072008) — Real estate transfer fees: residential property.

## 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=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98099INT)
2. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98098AMD)
3. **04/24/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98097AMD)
4. **05/16/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98096AMD)
5. **06/13/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98095AMD)
6. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98094AMD)
7. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98093AMD)
8. **08/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98092AMD)
9. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98091AMD)
10. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98089CHP)
11. **AB980** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980)
12. **09/25/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB980&version=20070AB98090ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 980 CALDERON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB980 Charles Calderon By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 980 Charles Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Calderon — primary (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.
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1652.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-31** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 2585.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3363.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:45 a.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 689, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/846416a9-305d-4fff-909d-b1ae64194314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).