---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation: refunds."
description: "Existing law requires property taxes to be refunded to the taxpayer or last recorded owner under specified circumstances, as provided, and requires that a refund only be made pursuant to a claim for refund, except as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3134"
citation: "California AB 3134 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation", "refunds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5ac21e6-75de-4908-b57d-b57ce7288238"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3134"
source_hash: "c24556167fcf9854eb1e90593a4b1c20312ce0277e363d41b91bb26204f8c281"
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 3134 (20232024) — Property taxation: refunds.

Existing law requires property taxes to be refunded to the taxpayer or last recorded owner under specified circumstances, as provided, and requires that a refund only be made pursuant to a claim for refund, except as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3134&version=20230AB313499INT)
2. **04/24/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3134&version=20230AB313498AMD)
3. **06/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3134&version=20230AB313497AMD)
4. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3134&version=20230AB313496AMD)
5. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3134&version=20230AB313494CHP)
6. **AB3134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3134)
7. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3134&version=20230AB313495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3134 Chen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3134 Chen By Jones — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3134 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5447.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-13** 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 922, 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/e5ac21e6-75de-4908-b57d-b57ce7288238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).