republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1636.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax assistance."
description: "Tax assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1636"
citation: "California AB 1636 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tax assistance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mazzoni"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-03-03"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/989d522e-da9a-40fb-aae6-8688dcbd2f81"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1636"
source_hash: "1384bb90a6ad9c8123e263ab76053891991aea781518e408b06980efcc4916ae"
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 1636 (19992000) — Tax assistance.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/03/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1636&version=19990AB163699INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1636&version=19990AB163698AMD)
3. **06/21/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1636&version=19990AB163697AMD)
4. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1636&version=19990AB163696AMD)
5. **09/09/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1636&version=19990AB163695AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1636&version=19990AB163693CHP)
7. **AB1636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1636)
8. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1636&version=19990AB163694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1636 REV. & TAX. THIRD READING BY KNOX — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB1636 Knox By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 1636 KNOX CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mazzoni — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 928, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4435.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** Withdrawn from committee. Read third time. Amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3193.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2725.)
- **1999-08-30** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-08** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-06-21** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2048.) `committee-passage, reading-3, passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** 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`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** From printer. May be heard in committee April 3.
- **1999-03-03** 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/989d522e-da9a-40fb-aae6-8688dcbd2f81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).