---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries."
description: "Existing law authorizes counties, cities, and other local agencies to impose various taxes and fees in connection with activity or property within those jurisdictions. The California Constitution also authorizes a charter city to levy local taxes to raise revenues for local purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by that city's charter or preemption in matters of statewide concern."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1838"
citation: "California AB 1838 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f78be21-aa94-4e45-b56b-68108d9c84e8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838"
source_hash: "b7352fb7052c3a39b3b68358001e0c13e1aa96290a2cbc46441e3f28e2f629aa"
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 1838 (20172018) — Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries.

Existing law authorizes counties, cities, and other local agencies to impose various taxes and fees in connection with activity or property within those jurisdictions. The California Constitution also authorizes a charter city to levy local taxes to raise revenues for local purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by that city's charter or preemption in matters of statewide concern.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838&version=20170AB183899INT)
2. **06/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838&version=20170AB183898AMD)
3. **06/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838&version=20170AB183896CHP)
4. **AB1838** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838)
5. **06/28/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838&version=20170AB183897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1838 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **50–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1838 BUDGET (Ting) By Mitchell — **21–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- AB 1838 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **70–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2018-01-29** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-07** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 18. Page 5026.)
- **2018-05-07** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-05-07** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 5113.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-06-25** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 4881.)
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 7. Page 4965.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-06-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 6029.)
- **2018-06-28** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 6029.)
- **2018-06-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 6030.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2018-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 61, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f78be21-aa94-4e45-b56b-68108d9c84e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).