republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1891.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School districts: special taxes: exemptions."
description: "Existing law authorizes school districts to impose qualified special taxes, subject to specified constitutional and statutory provisions. Existing law defines \"qualified special taxes\" as taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within a school district and may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for persons who are 65 years of age or older, for persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, or for persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1891"
citation: "California AB 1891 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School districts: special taxes: exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e438fd2-3ff3-4f52-bff0-31e10610c718"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1891"
source_hash: "5a8062bb3299b24a6bd79985b78ef7d92d95e3a736deff84bf3c94ccaa9f062d"
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 1891 (20152016) — School districts: special taxes: exemptions.

Existing law authorizes school districts to impose qualified special taxes, subject to specified constitutional and statutory provisions. Existing law defines "qualified special taxes" as taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within a school district and may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for persons who are 65 years of age or older, for persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, or for persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1891&version=20150AB189199INT)
2. **04/07/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1891&version=20150AB189198AMD)
3. **06/22/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1891&version=20150AB189197AMD)
4. **09/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1891&version=20150AB189195CHP)
5. **AB1891** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1891)
6. **08/19/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1891&version=20150AB189196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1891 DABABNEH Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB1891 Dababneh By Nguyen — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1891 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dababneh — primary (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 4). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4459.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4878.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5870.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2016-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 450, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e438fd2-3ff3-4f52-bff0-31e10610c718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).