republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-909.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property tax postponement: special needs trust claimants."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Controller, upon approval of a claim for the postponement of ad valorem property taxes, to directly pay a county tax collector for the property taxes owed by the claimant, as provided. Existing law requires all sums paid for the postponement of property taxes pursuant to these provisions to be secured by a lien in favor of the state. Amounts owed by a claimant are due if the claimant, or his or her surviving spouse, ceases to occupy the premises as his or her residential dwelling, dies, disposes of the property, or allows specified taxes and special assessments to become delinquent, as provided. Existing law requires that the residential dwelling be owned by the claimant, the claimant and spouse, or the claimant and another specified individual. Existing law requires a claimant to file a claim containing specified information, including a description of the residential dwelling, under penalty of perjury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 909"
citation: "California SB 909 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property tax postponement: special needs trust claimants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-01-26"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9e6dedd-e8cb-41a8-9da6-e8cb8adcd59c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB909"
source_hash: "ee9d2f675991e07a6638b980f639599160b74323c8f8bffff2d098e93ef7aea3"
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 909 (20152016) — Property tax postponement: special needs trust claimants.

Existing law authorizes the Controller, upon approval of a claim for the postponement of ad valorem property taxes, to directly pay a county tax collector for the property taxes owed by the claimant, as provided. Existing law requires all sums paid for the postponement of property taxes pursuant to these provisions to be secured by a lien in favor of the state. Amounts owed by a claimant are due if the claimant, or his or her surviving spouse, ceases to occupy the premises as his or her residential dwelling, dies, disposes of the property, or allows specified taxes and special assessments to become delinquent, as provided. Existing law requires that the residential dwelling be owned by the claimant, the claimant and spouse, or the claimant and another specified individual. Existing law requires a claimant to file a claim containing specified information, including a description of the residential dwelling, under penalty of perjury.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/26/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB909&version=20150SB90999INT)
2. **03/29/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB909&version=20150SB90998AMD)
3. **06/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB909&version=20150SB90997AMD)
4. **08/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB909&version=20150SB90996AMD)
5. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB909&version=20150SB90994CHP)
6. **SB909** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB909)
7. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB909&version=20150SB90995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB909 Beall Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 909 Beall Senate Third Reading By GORDON — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 909 Beall Senate Third Reading By W., P. & W. Amendment Set #1 — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 26.
- **2016-02-04** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2016-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3419.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2016-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3630.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-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.
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5952.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5446.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 425, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9e6dedd-e8cb-41a8-9da6-e8cb8adcd59c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).