---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confidentiality: taxpayer communications."
description: "Confidentiality: taxpayer communications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1416"
citation: "California AB 1416 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidentiality: taxpayer communications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bermudez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d218e372-a361-4c9f-b42a-0ff2be751788"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1416"
source_hash: "dd9f320c007f5c316033f4f1ad9165a342a9bd87870425d7a53bda6421bcdf6b"
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 1416 (20032004) — Confidentiality: taxpayer communications.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1416&version=20030AB141699INT)
2. **04/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1416&version=20030AB141698AMD)
3. **05/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1416&version=20030AB141697AMD)
4. **06/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1416&version=20030AB141695AMD)
5. **08/28/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1416&version=20030AB141696AMD)
6. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1416&version=20030AB141693CHP)
7. **AB1416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1416)
8. **08/19/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1416&version=20030AB141694ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1416 vargas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1416 bermudez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1416 bermudez by cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bermudez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 412, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7134.) (Corrected August 19. ) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 9). `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4562.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 2074.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 1.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 8). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation.) (Page 1379.).
- **2003-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V. A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** Referred to V. A. and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d218e372-a361-4c9f-b42a-0ff2be751788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).