---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation: State Board of Equalization: returns."
description: "Taxation: State Board of Equalization: returns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1936"
citation: "California AB 1936 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation: State Board of Equalization: returns."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-12"
last_action: "2002-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/937d0c65-d17d-4a43-bb60-19caf1abea0a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1936"
source_hash: "7154adbac0987a0529d909da48b5556dd2640933aa911af4765f01e05cee8a3c"
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 1936 (20012002) — Taxation: State Board of Equalization: returns.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1936&version=20010AB193699INT)
2. **03/20/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1936&version=20010AB193698AMD)
3. **04/03/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1936&version=20010AB193697AMD)
4. **04/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1936&version=20010AB193696AMD)
5. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1936&version=20010AB193695AMD)
6. **09/11/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1936&version=20010AB193693CHP)
7. **AB1936** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1936)
8. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1936&version=20010AB193694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1936 Horton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1936 Horton Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 459, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5641.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6420.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2002-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/937d0c65-d17d-4a43-bb60-19caf1abea0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).