republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2398.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Targeted tax areas: expansion."
description: "Targeted tax areas: expansion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2398"
citation: "California AB 2398 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Targeted tax areas: expansion."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maze"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38394621-0b99-4ef5-9ccd-3905adfa4f6a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2398"
source_hash: "64ebe79a4b1e8fa7099b6f0841af2e30ae4f64a7cb976640ab269f82eb41405b"
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 2398 (20032004) — Targeted tax areas: expansion.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2398&version=20030AB239899INT)
2. **05/03/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2398&version=20030AB239898AMD)
3. **05/17/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2398&version=20030AB239897AMD)
4. **06/28/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2398&version=20030AB239896AMD)
5. **07/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2398&version=20030AB239895AMD)
6. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2398&version=20030AB239893CHP)
7. **AB2398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2398)
8. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2398&version=20030AB239894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2398 maze concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2398 maze assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2398 maze — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maze — primary (person)
- Parra — principal coauthor (person)
- Reyes — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 423, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 7156.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4857.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-28** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 1. Page 6094.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Motion to reconsider on the next Legislative day made by Assembly Member Cohn. Reconsideration waived. Action rescinded and record expunged whereby the bill was read third time and whereby a final roll call vote was taken.
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5758.). `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (May 10). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. 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`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/38394621-0b99-4ef5-9ccd-3905adfa4f6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).