republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1888.md

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Bill	Documentary transfer tax: document for recordation: amount of tax due shown on separate paper.	The Documentary Transfer Tax Act authorizes the board of supervisors of a county or city and county to impose a tax with respect to specified instruments that transfer specified interests in real property. The act requires the amount of tax due and the location of the property to show on the face of the document, and if the party submitting the document for recordation requests, that the amount of tax due be shown on a separate paper affixed to the document. The act prohibits the recorder from recording any deed, instrument, or writing subject to the tax, unless paid at the time of recording, and requires a signed declaration of the amount of tax due on the face of the document or on a separate paper as provided by the act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1888	California AB 1888 (20132014)	bill	Documentary transfer tax: document for recordation: amount of tax due shown on separate paper.	enacted	Ting	5	18	4	2014-02-19	2014-06-04	openstates	ocd-bill/308b8dac-61e3-4fab-b6ea-e53447862227	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1888	343ed39f41ad1228f47d88d772136ce95e628aa4f66350578e6041868c03472a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1888 (20132014) — Documentary transfer tax: document for recordation: amount of tax due shown on separate paper.

The Documentary Transfer Tax Act authorizes the board of supervisors of a county or city and county to impose a tax with respect to specified instruments that transfer specified interests in real property. The act requires the amount of tax due and the location of the property to show on the face of the document, and if the party submitting the document for recordation requests, that the amount of tax due be shown on a separate paper affixed to the document. The act prohibits the recorder from recording any deed, instrument, or writing subject to the tax, unless paid at the time of recording, and requires a signed declaration of the amount of tax due on the face of the document or on a separate paper as provided by the act.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/04/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1888 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/28/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent #15 — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1888 TING Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2014-03-03 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2014-03-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2014-04-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4583.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-04-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-05-08 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2014-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2014-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3537.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2014-06-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2014-06-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-06-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 20, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/308b8dac-61e3-4fab-b6ea-e53447862227. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).