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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property tax exemptions."
description: "Property tax exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 659"
citation: "California AB 659 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property tax exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-23"
last_action: "2000-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92a7a7b4-b67c-42d9-b657-39b0e2a3e2d9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659"
source_hash: "cbdcc991655c68cf70d95fc6f410104aec7ac9aa0cc31e280f660d4b04d382ee"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659&version=19990AB65999INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659&version=19990AB65998AMD)
3. **04/22/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659&version=19990AB65997AMD)
4. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659&version=19990AB65996AMD)
5. **06/22/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659&version=19990AB65995AMD)
6. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659&version=19990AB65994AMD)
7. **09/24/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659&version=19990AB65992CHP)
8. **AB659** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB659&version=19990AB65993ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92a7a7b4-b67c-42d9-b657-39b0e2a3e2d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).