republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1601.md

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Bill	Administration of taxes: tax shelters: penalties.	Administration of taxes: tax shelters: penalties.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1601	California AB 1601 (20032004)	bill	Administration of taxes: tax shelters: penalties.	enacted	Frommer	11	29	8	2003-02-21	2003-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/eb248b77-bb33-4c46-a8b6-662325b20c97	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1601	df8343a82c5ba4500f9a96aa391bdcd03bf95f588ac4c6b75a88901721c7f816	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1601 (20032004) — Administration of taxes: tax shelters: penalties.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/19/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/16/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/18/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/02/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1601 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/11/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 1601 frommer assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 1601 frommer concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• assembly 3rd reading ab1601 frommer by cedillo — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Frommer — primary (person)
• Burton — principal coauthor (person)
• Cedillo — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 654, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2003-09-18 (Corrected September 17. )
• 2003-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 3808.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-09-10 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2472.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-08 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-02 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-08-18 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2003-08-18 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-16 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-07-03 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-06-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 2003-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-29 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 1948.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 6.) (May 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-04-29 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-04-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2003-04-21 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 2003-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 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/eb248b77-bb33-4c46-a8b6-662325b20c97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).