---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic notifications."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Franchise Tax Board to implement an alternative communication method that would allow the Franchise Tax Board to provide notification to the taxpayer in a preferred electronic communication method designated by the taxpayer that a specified notice, statement, bill, or other communication is available for viewing in the taxpayer's folder on the Franchise Tax Board's internet website, and would allow the taxpayer to file a protest, notification, and other communication to the Franchise Tax Board in a secure manner. This provision ceases to be operative and is repealed on January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3287"
citation: "California AB 3287 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic notifications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Revenue and Taxation"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-19"
last_action: "2024-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/588a7694-5fdc-4bb2-bbe5-c76273c160c7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3287"
source_hash: "60ad50b6416fccab8e36dfb1929359fea26e79946df17dd5e80a34fdcd8f2aaf"
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 3287 (20232024) — Electronic notifications.

Existing law authorizes the Franchise Tax Board to implement an alternative communication method that would allow the Franchise Tax Board to provide notification to the taxpayer in a preferred electronic communication method designated by the taxpayer that a specified notice, statement, bill, or other communication is available for viewing in the taxpayer's folder on the Franchise Tax Board's internet website, and would allow the taxpayer to file a protest, notification, and other communication to the Franchise Tax Board in a secure manner. This provision ceases to be operative and is repealed on January 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/19/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3287&version=20230AB328799INT)
2. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3287&version=20230AB328797CHP)
3. **AB3287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3287)
4. **07/01/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3287&version=20230AB328798ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB3287 REV. & TAX. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3287 Revenue and Taxation Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Revenue and Taxation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-20** From printer. May be heard in committee April 19.
- **2024-04-01** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, 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/588a7694-5fdc-4bb2-bbe5-c76273c160c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).