Property tax exemption: principal residence: veterans and their unmarried surviving spouses.
Existing property tax law provides, pursuant to the authorization of the California Constitution, for the exemption from property taxation of the principal residence of a disabled veteran, a veteran's spouse, and the unmarried surviving spouse, in the case in which the veteran has, as a result of a service-connected disease or injury, died while on active duty in military service. Existing property tax law specifies that property is a veteran's principal residence if the veteran would principally reside at that property if not for his or her confinement to a hospital or other care facility.
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20112012
AB 188
California AB 188 (20112012)
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Property tax exemption: principal residence: veterans and their unmarried surviving spouses.
California AB 188 (20112012) — Property tax exemption: principal residence: veterans and their unmarried surviving spouses.
Existing property tax law provides, pursuant to the authorization of the California Constitution, for the exemption from property taxation of the principal residence of a disabled veteran, a veteran's spouse, and the unmarried surviving spouse, in the case in which the veteran has, as a result of a service-connected disease or injury, died while on active duty in military service. Existing property tax law specifies that property is a veteran's principal residence if the veteran would principally reside at that property if not for his or her confinement to a hospital or other care facility.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 188 BLOCK Consent Calendar Second Day — 60–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 188 BLOCK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Block — primary (person)
Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
Butler — author (person)
Fletcher — coauthor (person)
Hagman — coauthor (person)
Jeffries — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-01-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-01-26 From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
2011-02-10 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2011-03-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 982.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-05-19 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2011-05-19 Withdrawn from committee.
2011-05-19 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2011-06-08 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2011-06-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-07-07 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1863.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-07-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2378.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
2011-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 202, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c8db641-18bb-488b-89d3-0f075821798c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).