republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-975.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax increment: property tax override rates."
description: "Existing law establishes procedures for the formation of infrastructure financing districts, enhanced infrastructure financing districts, infrastructure and revitalization financing districts, and community revitalization and investment authorities, as specified, to undertake various economic development projects, including financing public facilities and infrastructure, affordable housing, and economic revitalization. Existing law authorizes an infrastructure financing plan or a community revitalization and investment plan to provide for the division of taxes levied upon taxable property, if any, between the affected taxing entities, as defined, and the district or authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 975"
citation: "California SB 975 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tax increment: property tax override rates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governance and Finance"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-08"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f156e62-bcca-42c5-971b-f783d1627938"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB975"
source_hash: "d887bec12e3fed3fd1420bcc14b5092d5be52303ef22fc59b9d91a6179726866"
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 975 (20152016) — Tax increment: property tax override rates.

Existing law establishes procedures for the formation of infrastructure financing districts, enhanced infrastructure financing districts, infrastructure and revitalization financing districts, and community revitalization and investment authorities, as specified, to undertake various economic development projects, including financing public facilities and infrastructure, affordable housing, and economic revitalization. Existing law authorizes an infrastructure financing plan or a community revitalization and investment plan to provide for the division of taxes levied upon taxable property, if any, between the affected taxing entities, as defined, and the district or authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB975&version=20150SB97599INT)
2. **03/10/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB975&version=20150SB97598AMD)
3. **03/29/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB975&version=20150SB97597AMD)
4. **07/01/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB975&version=20150SB97595CHP)
5. **SB975** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB975)
6. **06/27/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB975&version=20150SB97596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 975 GOV.& F. Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB975 Committee On GOV. & F. — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Set for hearing March 30.
- **2016-03-10** 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`
- **2016-03-28** March 30 hearing postponed by 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. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3420.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3549.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). `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. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 49, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f156e62-bcca-42c5-971b-f783d1627938`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).