---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation: disaster relief: Children's Health and Human Services Special Fund."
description: "(1) Existing property tax law provides, pursuant to a specified provision of the California Constitution, for a homeowner's property tax exemption in the amount of $7,000 of the full value of a \"dwelling,\" as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1568"
citation: "California AB 1568 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation: disaster relief: Children's Health and Human Services Special Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-03-16"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69d6278d-9bd5-4a5c-a7db-60ff8c862722"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1568"
source_hash: "4740250d2b459e58ce5dbb45529926b44c5858c2f738841edd048ecdff8a6d0a"
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 1568 (20092010) — Property taxation: disaster relief: Children's Health and Human Services Special Fund.

(1) Existing property tax law provides, pursuant to a specified provision of the California Constitution, for a homeowner's property tax exemption in the amount of $7,000 of the full value of a "dwelling," as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/16/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1568&version=20090AB156899INT)
2. **04/23/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1568&version=20090AB156898AMD)
3. **09/04/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1568&version=20090AB156897AMD)
4. **09/10/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1568&version=20090AB156896AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1568&version=20090AB156894CHP)
6. **AB1568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1568)
7. **09/16/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1568&version=20090AB156895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1568 Salas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB1568 Salas By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1568 V. A. Assembly Third Reading By SALAS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-03-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-17** From printer. May be heard in committee April 16.
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-23** (Corrected September 3.)
- **2009-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1938.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-27** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2009-09-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-09-10** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-09-10** (Page 2380.)
- **2009-09-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-09-11** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2009-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2406.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3363.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69d6278d-9bd5-4a5c-a7db-60ff8c862722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).