---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transactions and use taxes: Counties of Contra Costa and Los Angeles."
description: "Existing law authorizes various local governmental entities, 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 any county not exceed 2%."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1768"
citation: "California AB 1768 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CountiesofContraCostaandLosAngeles", "Transactionsandusetaxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d72df9-220f-4252-8cec-1bf18bc2c6c5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1768"
source_hash: "35bd7eb8af668576ed11b20d87fab3f3080d7beea45b6a75d20c941f052a3024"
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 1768 (20252026) — Transactions and use taxes: Counties of Contra Costa and Los Angeles.

Existing law authorizes various local governmental entities, 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 any county not exceed 2%.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/26 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1768&version=20250AB176899INT)
2. **04/21/26 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1768&version=20250AB176898AMD)
3. **04/30/26 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1768&version=20250AB176897AMD)
4. **06/01/26 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1768&version=20250AB176895CHP)
5. **AB1768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1768)
6. **05/20/26 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1768&version=20250AB176896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1768 Bryan Third Reading Urgency — **55–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1768 Bryan et al. By Durazo Urgency Clause — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)
- Arreguín — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — principal coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2026-02-23** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-20** Re-referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-23** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4778.)
- **2026-04-23** (Pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)
- **2026-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2026-04-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-05-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 15. Page 5044.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2026-05-18** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 9.)
- **2026-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-05-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2026-05-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2026-06-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 11, Statutes of 2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0d72df9-220f-4252-8cec-1bf18bc2c6c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).