---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transactions and use taxes: Cities of Lancaster, Palmdale, and Victorville."
description: "Existing law authorizes cities and counties, 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 jurisdiction not exceed 2%."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2443"
citation: "California AB 2443 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities of Lancaster", "Palmdale", "and Victorville", "Transactions and use taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Juan Carrillo"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dee394d0-f418-4ee0-87f2-8b95708ed697"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2443"
source_hash: "4a3e151831fee1749775883f98bd780b19272f0b9fdbe185f93c6c5f7828c25e"
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 2443 (20232024) — Transactions and use taxes: Cities of Lancaster, Palmdale, and Victorville.

Existing law authorizes cities and counties, 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 jurisdiction not exceed 2%.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2443&version=20230AB244399INT)
2. **04/25/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2443&version=20230AB244398AMD)
3. **06/10/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2443&version=20230AB244397AMD)
4. **08/06/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2443&version=20230AB244396AMD)
5. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2443&version=20230AB244394CHP)
6. **AB2443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2443)
7. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2443&version=20230AB244395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2443 Juan Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2443 Juan Carrillo By Glazer Urgency Clause — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2443 Juan Carrillo Concurrence - Urgency Added — **55–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **7–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Juan Carrillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-06-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2024-06-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Re-referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5236.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-27** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2024-08-28** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (August 28). `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-29** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 16.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 961, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dee394d0-f418-4ee0-87f2-8b95708ed697`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).