---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the tax collector to apply any refund due a taxpayer, or a taxpayer's agent, to specified delinquent taxes, except when a refund is due to a taxpayer because the taxpayer or the agent for the taxpayer submitted a replicated tax payment, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2643"
citation: "California AB 2643 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f03e7a48-011d-4c20-b62a-aef5599da6ef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2643"
source_hash: "ca831a5c5c882017fa94254d652533b91f4017b030aec6768a880e02b088196e"
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 2643 (20112012) — Property taxation.

(1) Existing law authorizes the tax collector to apply any refund due a taxpayer, or a taxpayer's agent, to specified delinquent taxes, except when a refund is due to a taxpayer because the taxpayer or the agent for the taxpayer submitted a replicated tax payment, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2643&version=20110AB264399INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2643&version=20110AB264398AMD)
3. **04/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2643&version=20110AB264397AMD)
4. **05/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2643&version=20110AB264396AMD)
5. **05/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2643&version=20110AB264395AMD)
6. **07/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2643&version=20110AB264393CHP)
7. **AB2643** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2643)
8. **07/09/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2643&version=20110AB264394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2643 MA Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5032.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5174.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4286.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:10 p.m.
- **2012-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 161, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f03e7a48-011d-4c20-b62a-aef5599da6ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).