republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-538.md

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Bill	Sales and use taxes: exemptions: children's clothing.	Sales and use taxes: exemptions: children's clothing.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 538	California AB 538 (20072008)	bill	Sales and use taxes: exemptions: children's clothing.	enacted	Emmerson	7	26	6	2007-02-21	2007-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/5f281486-c8eb-46dd-885a-c238ba16c39d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB538	8b14afbe42d6074056937721bc5f86ac26b7185f2e967cedcfad5890f87deacc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 538 (20072008) — Sales and use taxes: exemptions: children's clothing.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/19/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB538 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/17/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 538 EMMERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #18 AB538 Emmerson — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 538 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emmerson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2007-03-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 2007-03-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2007-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2007-04-10 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 2007-04-18 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 16). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-04-19 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-04-23 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2007-05-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-05-07 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-05-10 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1435.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-05-17 Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 2007-08-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2007-08-23 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2007-08-28 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-08-31 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2007-08-31 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-09-05 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2338.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2007-09-06 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2997.)
• 2007-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3076.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2007-09-21 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
• 2007-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2007-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 317, Statutes of 2007.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f281486-c8eb-46dd-885a-c238ba16c39d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).