Existing law relieves applicants granted a welfare exemption and owning certain exempt property from reapplying for the welfare exemption in any subsequent year in which there has been no transfer of, or other change in title to, the exempted property and the property is used exclusively by a governmental entity or by a nonprofit corporation, as specified. Existing law requires the assessor to annually mail a notice to every applicant relieved of the requirement of filing an annual application as so described and requires the notice to be in a form and contain that information that the State Board of Equalization may prescribe. Existing law also requires the notice to include a card that is to be returned to the assessor by an applicant desiring to maintain eligibility for the welfare exemption.
California SB 1480 (20152016) — Property taxation.
Existing law relieves applicants granted a welfare exemption and owning certain exempt property from reapplying for the welfare exemption in any subsequent year in which there has been no transfer of, or other change in title to, the exempted property and the property is used exclusively by a governmental entity or by a nonprofit corporation, as specified. Existing law requires the assessor to annually mail a notice to every applicant relieved of the requirement of filing an annual application as so described and requires the notice to be in a form and contain that information that the State Board of Equalization may prescribe. Existing law also requires the notice to include a card that is to be returned to the assessor by an applicant desiring to maintain eligibility for the welfare exemption.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd SB1480 Committee On GOV. & F. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1480 Committee On GOV. & F. (Hertzberg) Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1480 GOV.& F. Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-03-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2016-03-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 17.
2016-03-31 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2016-04-05 Set for hearing April 20.
2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3610.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3712.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-05-05 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2016-05-25 June 6 hearing postponed by committee.
2016-06-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5488.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-23 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-06-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4548.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-07-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-07-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-07-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 116, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6af973d-38da-477e-ba4f-598e55e3fd25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).