---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the State Board of Equalization to reimburse a manufacturer for an amount equal to the sales tax which the manufacturer pays to or for the buyer when providing a replacement vehicle or making restitution pursuant to the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, subject to satisfactory proof, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 242"
citation: "California AB 242 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Revenue and Taxation"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-03"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e1411c6-9b29-4c98-af70-6d7fb9a1924a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB242"
source_hash: "c72e7162edfc0cda9a9d48117e1340c839f5dabc03070ac19bcce8c801684106"
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 242 (20112012) — Taxation.

(1) Existing law requires the State Board of Equalization to reimburse a manufacturer for an amount equal to the sales tax which the manufacturer pays to or for the buyer when providing a replacement vehicle or making restitution pursuant to the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, subject to satisfactory proof, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB242&version=20110AB24299INT)
2. **03/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB242&version=20110AB24298AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB242&version=20110AB24297AMD)
4. **06/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB242&version=20110AB24296AMD)
5. **08/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB242&version=20110AB24295AMD)
6. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB242&version=20110AB24293CHP)
7. **AB242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB242)
8. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB242&version=20110AB24294ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB242 Committee on REV. & TAX. (Perea) By Anderson — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 242 REV. & TAX. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By PEREA — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 242 REV. & TAX. Assembly Third Reading By PEREA — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Revenue and Taxation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2011-02-18** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1790.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2338.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3175.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 727, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e1411c6-9b29-4c98-af70-6d7fb9a1924a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).