Existing property tax law provides, pursuant to the authorization of the California Constitution, a disabled veteran's property tax exemption for the principal place of residence of a veteran or a veteran's spouse, including an unmarried surviving spouse, if the veteran, because of an injury incurred in military service, is blind in both eyes, has lost the use of 2 or more limbs, or is totally disabled, as those terms are defined, or if the veteran has, as a result of a service-connected injury or disease, died while on active duty in military service. That law defines a veteran for its purposes as a person who, among other things, is serving in or has served in and has been discharged under honorable conditions from service in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
California SB 1458 (20152016) — Property taxation: exemptions: disabled veterans.
Existing property tax law provides, pursuant to the authorization of the California Constitution, a disabled veteran's property tax exemption for the principal place of residence of a veteran or a veteran's spouse, including an unmarried surviving spouse, if the veteran, because of an injury incurred in military service, is blind in both eyes, has lost the use of 2 or more limbs, or is totally disabled, as those terms are defined, or if the veteran has, as a result of a service-connected injury or disease, died while on active duty in military service. That law defines a veteran for its purposes as a person who, among other things, is serving in or has served in and has been discharged under honorable conditions from service in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1458 Bates Senate Third Reading By BROUGH — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bates — primary (person)
Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2016-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-10 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
2016-03-11 Set for hearing April 12.
2016-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3524.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3699.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2016-05-09 May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4011.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4050.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-06-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-08 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
2016-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5897.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5432.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
2016-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 871, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c05af1bd-64c6-4cfa-92a9-27e728f68b13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).