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type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation: property statement: change in ownership statement: penalty."
description: "Existing law authorizes the county board of equalization or the assessment appeals board to order the penalty abated for failure to file a specified property statement or change in ownership statement, if the assessee establishes to the satisfaction of the county board of equalization or the assessment appeals board that the failure to file the property statement or change in ownership statement within the specified time required was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect and the assessee has filed a written application for abatement of the penalty, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 571"
citation: "California AB 571 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation: property statement: change in ownership statement: penalty."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f65c0be2-5e92-4617-8247-f6437530c5d8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB571"
source_hash: "8155eedd9f10c97d86aeaf86eee6e881222ec88e21c8edd58fb53431de4356c8"
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 571 (20152016) — Property taxation: property statement: change in ownership statement: penalty.
Existing law authorizes the county board of equalization or the assessment appeals board to order the penalty abated for failure to file a specified property statement or change in ownership statement, if the assessee establishes to the satisfaction of the county board of equalization or the assessment appeals board that the failure to file the property statement or change in ownership statement within the specified time required was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect and the assessee has filed a written application for abatement of the penalty, as provided.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/24/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB571&version=20150AB57199INT)
2. **05/04/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB571&version=20150AB57198AMD)
3. **09/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB571&version=20150AB57197AMD)
4. **10/05/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB571&version=20150AB57195CHP)
5. **AB571** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB571)
6. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB571&version=20150AB57196ENR)
## Votes
- Special Consent #5**380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 571 BROWN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **800** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB571 Brown By Cannella — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- AB 571 BROWN Assembly Third Reading — **770** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brown — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2015-03-09** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** From Consent Calendar.
- **2015-05-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1631.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1987.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2015-08-17** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2015-08-17** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2015-09-01** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2484.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-04** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2915.)
- **2015-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2916.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 501, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f65c0be2-5e92-4617-8247-f6437530c5d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).