republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-263.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporation taxes: deduction: insurance company dividends."
description: "Corporation taxes: deduction: insurance company dividends."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 263"
citation: "California AB 263 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporation taxes: deduction: insurance company dividends."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oropeza"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-04"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dec5a0e0-23a0-43e9-ae4d-bf70584c0577"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB263"
source_hash: "6bba4eec89eed94ae0f72ce0ba2364524591403bc94b235e0b1e2620346d901a"
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 263 (20032004) — Corporation taxes: deduction: insurance company dividends.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB263&version=20030AB26399INT)
2. **03/25/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB263&version=20030AB26398AMD)
3. **05/20/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB263&version=20030AB26397AMD)
4. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB263&version=20030AB26396AMD)
5. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB263&version=20030AB26395AMD)
6. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB263&version=20030AB26394AMD)
7. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB263&version=20030AB26392CHP)
8. **AB263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB263)
9. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB263&version=20030AB26393ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab263 oropeza — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 263 oropeza concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 263 oropeza assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oropeza — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 868, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7693.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7524.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 24). `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5061.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** 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`
- **2003-07-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 2314.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 19). From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Set, second hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** 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`
- **2003-03-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-02-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2003-02-04** 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/dec5a0e0-23a0-43e9-ae4d-bf70584c0577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).