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Bill	Taxation.	(1) The California Constitution provides for the establishment of the State Board of Equalization (board) and prescribes the board's duties, powers, and responsibilities regarding the administration of certain taxes and fees, including the review, equalization, or adjustment of property tax assessments, the assessment of taxes on insurers, and the assessment and collection of excise taxes on the manufacture, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in this state. Existing law generally makes the board responsible for administrative appeals relating to the collection of those taxes and fees.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 131	California AB 131 (20172018)	bill appropriation	Taxation.	enacted	Committee on Budget	7	27	4	2017-01-10	2017-09-16	openstates	ocd-bill/9ab74593-0991-44c8-8785-9734700abb17	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB131	1c75d4d02d00fc2e9c7b4944f07cbc659ee1b113624a8e92033aa82e78b47162	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 131 (20172018) — Taxation.

(1) The California Constitution provides for the establishment of the State Board of Equalization (board) and prescribes the board's duties, powers, and responsibilities regarding the administration of certain taxes and fees, including the review, equalization, or adjustment of property tax assessments, the assessment of taxes on insurers, and the assessment and collection of excise taxes on the manufacture, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in this state. Existing law generally makes the board responsible for administrative appeals relating to the collection of those taxes and fees.

Version chain

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

1. 01/10/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/06/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/11/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/16/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB131 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 15–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 131 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — 78–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 131 TING Assembly Third Reading — 45–25 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB131 BUDGET (Ting) By Mitchell — 34–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Budget — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-01-11 From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
• 2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2017-05-15 Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 1511.)
• 2017-05-15 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2017-05-15 Ordered to second reading.
• 2017-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 25. Page 1608.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
• 2017-08-31 Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2293.)
• 2017-09-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-09-11 Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2664.)
• 2017-09-11 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2664.)
• 2017-09-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-12 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-09-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (September 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2947.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-15 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2017-09-15 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3462.)
• 2017-09-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3467.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2017-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 252, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ab74593-0991-44c8-8785-9734700abb17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).