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Bill	Property taxation: change in ownership: exclusion: cotenancy interests.	The California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1% of the full cash value of that property. For purposes of this limitation, "full cash value" is defined as the assessor's valuation of real property as shown on the 1975–76 tax bill under "full cash value" or, thereafter, the appraised value of that real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred. Existing property tax law specifies those circumstances in which the transfer of ownership interests results in a change in ownership of the real property, and provides that certain transfers do not result in a change of ownership.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1700	California AB 1700 (20112012)	bill	Property taxation: change in ownership: exclusion: cotenancy interests.	enacted	Butler	5	21	7	2012-02-15	2012-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/8bf156c3-b2de-4480-abb1-6c0f38583559	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1700	e74a4496c48ba3ceb433fa21cc44cf2e4b2fc0c190bcda66f5d647d2d6950a3f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1700 (20112012) — Property taxation: change in ownership: exclusion: cotenancy interests.

The California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1% of the full cash value of that property. For purposes of this limitation, "full cash value" is defined as the assessor's valuation of real property as shown on the 1975–76 tax bill under "full cash value" or, thereafter, the appraised value of that real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred. Existing property tax law specifies those circumstances in which the transfer of ownership interests results in a change in ownership of the real property, and provides that certain transfers do not result in a change of ownership.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/29/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1700 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1700 Butler By Kehoe — 34–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 1700 BUTLER Assembly Third Reading — 48–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Butler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2012-02-23 Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2012-03-01 Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2012-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-17 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 23. Page 4704.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-17 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2012-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 4475.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-13 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2012-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2012-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 781, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8bf156c3-b2de-4480-abb1-6c0f38583559. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).