---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confidentiality: taxpayer communications."
description: "Under existing law, the Employment Development Department, the State Board of Equalization, and the Franchise Tax Board administer various taxes and fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 129"
citation: "California AB 129 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidentiality: taxpayer communications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-01-16"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cacd2428-ecca-48c1-89f2-e24d9966e456"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB129"
source_hash: "d3a791c85d094145dd661abf3ea900edf07d4efc1da191623f50338add445311"
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 129 (20092010) — Confidentiality: taxpayer communications.

Under existing law, the Employment Development Department, the State Board of Equalization, and the Franchise Tax Board administer various taxes and fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/16/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB129&version=20090AB12999INT)
2. **05/04/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB129&version=20090AB12998AMD)
3. **08/27/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB129&version=20090AB12997AMD)
4. **09/02/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB129&version=20090AB12996AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB129&version=20090AB12994CHP)
6. **AB129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB129)
7. **09/21/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB129&version=20090AB12995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 129 MA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB129 Ma By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB129 Ma Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 129 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-20** From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
- **2009-02-26** Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-02** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and REV. & TAX. by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-03-31** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 31). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1765.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-07-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2009-07-13** To inactive file on motion of Senator Kehoe.
- **2009-08-20** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2009-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2061.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-09-02** (Page 2099.)
- **2009-09-02** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2207.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 33. Noes 45. Page 3345.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 411, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cacd2428-ecca-48c1-89f2-e24d9966e456`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).