---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transactions and use taxes: North Lake Tahoe Transportation Authority and City of Berkeley."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes cities, counties, and districts, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2920"
citation: "California AB 2920 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transactions and use taxes: North Lake Tahoe Transportation Authority and City of Berkeley."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurmond"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a78655cc-0e56-486d-a693-b2b90b4497de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2920"
source_hash: "8a3f3088a6e480899a416cab206ef40f2ba977215887b0228253d615087bde7e"
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 2920 (20172018) — Transactions and use taxes: North Lake Tahoe Transportation Authority and City of Berkeley.

(1) Existing law authorizes cities, counties, and districts, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2920&version=20170AB292099INT)
2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2920&version=20170AB292098AMD)
3. **04/09/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2920&version=20170AB292097AMD)
4. **06/13/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2920&version=20170AB292096AMD)
5. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2920&version=20170AB292094CHP)
6. **AB2920** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2920)
7. **08/24/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2920&version=20170AB292095ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2920 Thurmond By McGuire — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 2920 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading — **47–29** (pass) · lower
- AB 2920 THURMOND Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **49–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Be re-referred to the Committees on [Local Government] and [Revenue and Taxation] — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thurmond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 5161.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-06-13** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 5231.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-13** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-20** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 20). `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6512.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 771, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a78655cc-0e56-486d-a693-b2b90b4497de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).