republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1556.md

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Bill	Estate tax.	Estate tax.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1556	California AB 1556 (20032004)	bill	Estate tax.	enacted	Nakano	4	20	5	2003-02-21	2003-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/1491dc85-5a9a-43de-a5f5-8f82892c1ed2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1556	d1818f0aa71dd1169dd910cbf0fdc343c98699bdb42799a78ef362b860675730	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1556 (20032004) — Estate tax.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/11/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1556 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/24/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass, to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• special consent #21 ab1556 nakano — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 1556 nakano consent calendar second day regular session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nakano — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-08-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 221, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-08-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-07-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2003-07-28 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2003-07-24 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1965.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-22 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-21 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2003-07-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-06-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-06-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-05-22 Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 2003-05-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-08 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1566.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-05 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-04-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-03-10 Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 2003-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2003-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2003-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1491dc85-5a9a-43de-a5f5-8f82892c1ed2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).