republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2686.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franchise Tax Board: Taxpayers' Rights Advocate."
description: "The Katz-Harris Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act establishes the position of Taxpayers' Rights Advocate and provides specified protections for taxpayers for purposes of, among other things, determining their correct tax liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2686"
citation: "California AB 2686 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Franchise Tax Board: Taxpayers' Rights Advocate."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Revenue and Taxation"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-03-12"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14acc1d0-d531-4f09-88b3-54f96e042294"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2686"
source_hash: "1c0dce023babf34d1419ce2fb82f360d8179a0401d9165d27a54c721ecafd4ca"
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 2686 (20112012) — Franchise Tax Board: Taxpayers' Rights Advocate.

The Katz-Harris Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act establishes the position of Taxpayers' Rights Advocate and provides specified protections for taxpayers for purposes of, among other things, determining their correct tax liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/12/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2686&version=20110AB268699INT)
2. **07/05/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2686&version=20110AB268698AMD)
3. **08/14/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2686&version=20110AB268697AMD)
4. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2686&version=20110AB268695CHP)
5. **AB2686** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2686)
6. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2686&version=20110AB268696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2686 REV. & TAX. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (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. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2686 REV. & TAX. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FUENTES — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2686 Committee on REV. & TAX. (Fuentes By Kehoe — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Revenue and Taxation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-03-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-13** From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-23** Action rescinded whereby the bill was acted upon on or after April 9, 2012.
- **2012-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4478.)
- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4788.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-08-20** From consent calendar.
- **2012-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4701.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6327.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 349, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14acc1d0-d531-4f09-88b3-54f96e042294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).