---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes: exemption: space flight property."
description: "The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to classify personal property for differential taxation or for exemption by means of a statute approved by a 23 vote of the membership of each house."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 777"
citation: "California AB 777 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes: exemption: space flight property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef076368-3577-444d-b0a5-2a88cc2a5106"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB777"
source_hash: "1de74c9b72e2a52a297f3eb88c6975479358210d0ace1d025fce1dfc89fa9dd7"
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 777 (20132014) — Taxes: exemption: space flight property.

The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to classify personal property for differential taxation or for exemption by means of a statute approved by a 23 vote of the membership of each house.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB777&version=20130AB77799INT)
2. **02/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB777&version=20130AB77794AMD)
3. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB777&version=20130AB77798AMD)
4. **04/16/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB777&version=20130AB77797AMD)
5. **04/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB777&version=20130AB77792CHP)
6. **05/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB777&version=20130AB77796AMD)
7. **08/26/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB777&version=20130AB77795AMD)
8. **AB777** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB777)
9. **04/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB777&version=20130AB77793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB777 Muratsuchi By Roth — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 777 MURATSUCHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **70–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 777 MURATSUCHI Assembly Third Reading — **69–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Muratsuchi — primary (person)
- Achadjian — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Bocanegra — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — principal coauthor (person)
- Chau — coauthor (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Daly — coauthor (person)
- Emmerson — coauthor (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gomez — coauthor (person)
- Gorell — coauthor (person)
- Hagman — coauthor (person)
- Hall — principal coauthor (person)
- Harkey — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Ian Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)
- Wright — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 3720.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-02-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 3145.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-04-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 4580.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:35 p.m.
- **2014-04-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 13, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef076368-3577-444d-b0a5-2a88cc2a5106`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).