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Bill	Property tax welfare exemption: low- and moderate-income housing.	Property tax welfare exemption: low- and moderate-income housing.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 1559	California AB 1559 (19992000)	bill	Property tax welfare exemption: low- and moderate-income housing.	enacted	Wiggins	8	25	6	1999-02-26	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/d757f274-11de-4329-b3c4-5663f4f2e4c4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1559	02e37d81f07b8832f7a797192eaf2bb797eb433a7748e436d24834d14f256a0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1559 (19992000) — Property tax welfare exemption: low- and moderate-income housing.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/07/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/18/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/18/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1559 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/30/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1559 WIGGINS CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1559 Wiggins Chesbro — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1559 WIGGINS THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wiggins — primary (person)
• Chesbro — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 927, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-08 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 1999-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 8. Page 3610.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 1999-08-25 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 2646.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-08-24 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 1999-08-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-08-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-07-15 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-14 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-06-17 Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 1999-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-06-01 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 2161.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-19 Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 1999-04-13 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 1999-04-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-03-23 Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 1999-03-01 Read first time. reading-1
• 1999-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 1999-02-26 Introduced. To print. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d757f274-11de-4329-b3c4-5663f4f2e4c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).