republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-803.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the state or any local government entity, when entering into a written contract with a private party whereby a possessory interest subject to property taxation may be created, to include, or cause to be included, in that contract a statement that the property interest may be subject to property taxation if created, and that the party in whom the possessory interest is vested may be subject to the payment of property taxes levied on the interest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 803"
citation: "California SB 803 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governance and Finance"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-03-24"
last_action: "2015-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9060a355-2130-415c-bfbe-8e0353393dcb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB803"
source_hash: "88d5b47c0bbe63d746883f66a94d2011431c0b4b564a76bde408aab68068380c"
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 SB 803 (20152016) — Property taxation.

(1) Existing law requires the state or any local government entity, when entering into a written contract with a private party whereby a possessory interest subject to property taxation may be created, to include, or cause to be included, in that contract a statement that the property interest may be subject to property taxation if created, and that the party in whom the possessory interest is vested may be subject to the payment of property taxes levied on the interest.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/24/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB803&version=20150SB80399INT)
2. **06/29/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB803&version=20150SB80398AMD)
3. **07/15/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB803&version=20150SB80397AMD)
4. **10/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB803&version=20150SB80395CHP)
5. **SB803** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB803)
6. **09/03/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB803&version=20150SB80396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 803 GOV.& F. Consent Calendar Second Day By TING — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB803 Committee On GOV. & F. (Hertzberg) Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB803 Committee On GOV. & F. — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-24** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-03-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 24.
- **2015-04-07** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 816.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-05** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2015-05-11** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1029.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** June 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-06-29** 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`
- **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2751.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2426.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 454, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9060a355-2130-415c-bfbe-8e0353393dcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).