republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-297.md

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Bill	Property tax exemption: newly planted trees.	Property tax exemption: newly planted trees.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 297	California AB 297 (20072008)	bill	Property tax exemption: newly planted trees.	enacted	Maze	4	17	5	2007-02-09	2007-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/2c6e95f0-8fe6-4854-b899-a825d7fcb453	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB297	13d656c90ace7a08038968636fd35ef6043698b9d6a9401fd1db7f324628c0bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 297 (20072008) — Property tax exemption: newly planted trees.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/21/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB297 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/05/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 297 MAZE Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #16 AB297 Maze — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maze — primary (person)
• Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
• Arambula — coauthor (person)
• Berryhill — coauthor (person)
• Blakeslee — coauthor (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Fuller — coauthor (person)
• Gaines — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Keene — coauthor (person)
• La Malfa — coauthor (person)
• Nakanishi — coauthor (person)
• Parra — coauthor (person)
• Plescia — coauthor (person)
• Salas — coauthor (person)
• Strickland — coauthor (person)
• Villines — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2007-02-20 Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 2007-03-27 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-04-23 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-04-26 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1188.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-05-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 2007-07-12 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, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-08-20 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2007-08-21 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-08-30 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2177.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-08-30 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2007-09-06 Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
• 2007-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2007-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 225, Statutes of 2007.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c6e95f0-8fe6-4854-b899-a825d7fcb453. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).