--- type: "Bill" title: "Property tax: claims for refund." description: "Existing property tax law requires property taxes to be refunded to the taxpayer or last recorded owner, as provided, under specified circumstances and requires that a refund only be made pursuant to a claim for refund. Existing law requires the claim to be verified by the person who paid the tax, including his or her guardian, executor, or administrator." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 1246" citation: "California SB 1246 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Property tax: claims for refund."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"] version_count: 7 action_count: 25 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2018-02-15" last_action: "2018-09-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b30b4167-aa70-4a19-820f-5e668c9bb406" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246" source_hash: "2d5da7646fbafa2cd98045324848ae8a90f5e74e6120f6ce8ad81168a7beddc4" 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 SB 1246 (20172018) — Property tax: claims for refund. Existing property tax law requires property taxes to be refunded to the taxpayer or last recorded owner, as provided, under specified circumstances and requires that a refund only be made pursuant to a claim for refund. Existing law requires the claim to be verified by the person who paid the tax, including his or her guardian, executor, or administrator. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124699INT) 2. **04/30/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124698AMD) 3. **05/16/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124697AMD) 4. **06/27/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124696AMD) 5. **09/11/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124694CHP) 6. **SB1246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246) 7. **08/21/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124695ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1246 Gaines Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1246 Gaines Senate Third Reading By KILEY — **77–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Gaines — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee` - **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 9. - **2018-05-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4996.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2018-05-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2018-05-17** Withdrawn from committee. - **2018-05-17** Ordered to second reading. - **2018-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4333.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2018-06-04** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-18** June 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2018-06-25** June 25 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2018-06-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6306.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5428.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2018-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 358, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b30b4167-aa70-4a19-820f-5e668c9bb406`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).