republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-659.md

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Bill	Property tax exemptions.	Property tax exemptions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 659	California AB 659 (19992000)	bill	Property tax exemptions.	enacted	Wiggins	9	23	7	1999-02-23	2000-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/92a7a7b4-b67c-42d9-b657-39b0e2a3e2d9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659	cbdcc991655c68cf70d95fc6f410104aec7ac9aa0cc31e280f660d4b04d382ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 659 (19992000) — Property tax exemptions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/28/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/24/00 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB659 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/31/00 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 659 WIGGINS THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Set, final hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — fail (fail) · upper
• AB 659 WIGGINS CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB659 Wiggins By Chesbro — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2000-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 601, Statutes of 2000.
• 2000-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2000-09-14 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2000-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 8958.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2000-08-31 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 6402.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2000-08-30 Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
• 2000-08-30 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2000-08-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-07 In committee: Set final hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 1999-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-06-17 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 1999-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 2350.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-06-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-27 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-04-22 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-21 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 6). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. referral-committee
• 1999-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-03-08 Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. referral-committee
• 1999-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 1999-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92a7a7b4-b67c-42d9-b657-39b0e2a3e2d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).