---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation: administration."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the state to issue a withholding order for taxes to collect a state tax liability, including any penalties, accrued interest, and costs, in accordance with certain procedures. Existing law defines \"state tax liability\" to mean an amount for which the state has a state tax lien created pursuant to specified provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1015"
citation: "California SB 1015 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Taxation: administration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2012-02-06"
last_action: "2012-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb0ecdad-f6d7-4254-826a-7ebe62c8bc6a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1015"
source_hash: "9fd641d20e267ad8a8464c490f1dae44b914120e47ed9a8183383d121965fce7"
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 SB 1015 (20112012) — Taxation: administration.

(1) Existing law authorizes the state to issue a withholding order for taxes to collect a state tax liability, including any penalties, accrued interest, and costs, in accordance with certain procedures. Existing law defines "state tax liability" to mean an amount for which the state has a state tax lien created pursuant to specified provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1015&version=20110SB101599INT)
2. **06/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1015&version=20110SB101598AMD)
3. **06/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1015&version=20110SB101597AMD)
4. **06/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1015&version=20110SB101595CHP)
5. **SB1015** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1015)
6. **06/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1015&version=20110SB101596ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1015 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **50–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1015 Committee on B. & F.R. — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB1015 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence — **24–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
- **2012-02-16** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-08** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2916.)
- **2012-03-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-03-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 2978.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-03-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 5460.)
- **2012-06-27** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 5475.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-06-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 4148.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2012-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 37, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb0ecdad-f6d7-4254-826a-7ebe62c8bc6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).