---
type: "Bill"
title: "State finance: warrants."
description: "Existing law authorizes a taxpayer who has a tax liability with respect to personal income taxes or bank and corporation taxes, and who is a payee named in a registered warrant to pay the tax liability with the registered warrant, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 506"
citation: "California SB 506 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State finance: warrants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a166e0ae-1406-4348-b0ac-e9161f54ca73"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB506"
source_hash: "cf2c4a4458b0f73223de6c06eacc1ca75366922a582ba63287045d2ed12c6dab"
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 506 (20112012) — State finance: warrants.

Existing law authorizes a taxpayer who has a tax liability with respect to personal income taxes or bank and corporation taxes, and who is a payee named in a registered warrant to pay the tax liability with the registered warrant, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB506&version=20110SB50699INT)
2. **05/05/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB506&version=20110SB50698AMD)
3. **06/21/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB506&version=20110SB50697AMD)
4. **08/18/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB506&version=20110SB50696AMD)
5. **09/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB506&version=20110SB50694CHP)
6. **SB506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB506)
7. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB506&version=20110SB50695ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB506 Simitian Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 506 Simitian Senate Third Reading By CAMPOS — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #3 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules Recommend Consent. — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Campos — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 739.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 4 in GOV. & F. pending receipt.
- **2011-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 858.) (May 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1065.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-15** From consent calendar.
- **2011-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-18** Read third time and amended. (Page 2450.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 2632.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2147.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 306, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a166e0ae-1406-4348-b0ac-e9161f54ca73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).