---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation."
description: "Existing law requires a person to pay a penalty as specified, if he or she has a duty to file information returns as a material advisor on certain reportable transactions and fails to keep the records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1719"
citation: "California AB 1719 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Revenue and Taxation"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36d46844-51da-4cd4-b09a-cac5f257cdb4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1719"
source_hash: "93d1e1182a87a0f0e5e9124371854bf0522faa421bc217d57ddd0f066abb2889"
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 1719 (20172018) — Taxation.

Existing law requires a person to pay a penalty as specified, if he or she has a duty to file information returns as a material advisor on certain reportable transactions and fails to keep the records.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1719&version=20170AB171999INT)
2. **08/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1719&version=20170AB171997CHP)
3. **AB1719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1719)
4. **07/21/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1719&version=20170AB171998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1719 REV. & TAX. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1719 REV. & TAX. Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Revenue and Taxation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** From printer. May be heard in committee April 16.
- **2017-03-30** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1485.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2130.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2017-08-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 176, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36d46844-51da-4cd4-b09a-cac5f257cdb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).