---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and use taxes: exemption: military thrift store."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2014, exempts from sales and use taxes, the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption of, tangible personal property by a designated entity that operates a thrift store on a military installation, whose purpose is to assist members of the Armed Forces of the United States, eligible family members, and survivors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 163"
citation: "California AB 163 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sales and use taxes: exemption: military thrift store."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-01-23"
last_action: "2013-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c51b81c8-6016-4143-aeea-01f61c7eae64"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB163"
source_hash: "846b5cf457545f2e6265199971f00ab1d7bd538cc52c612edb5569c736781ac5"
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 163 (20132014) — Sales and use taxes: exemption: military thrift store.

Existing law, until January 1, 2014, exempts from sales and use taxes, the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption of, tangible personal property by a designated entity that operates a thrift store on a military installation, whose purpose is to assist members of the Armed Forces of the United States, eligible family members, and survivors.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB163&version=20130AB16399INT)
2. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB163&version=20130AB16398AMD)
3. **08/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB163&version=20130AB16396CHP)
4. **AB163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB163)
5. **07/10/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB163&version=20130AB16397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 163 ATKINS Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1120.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1606.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 72, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c51b81c8-6016-4143-aeea-01f61c7eae64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).