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Bill	Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries.	Existing law authorizes counties, cities, and other local agencies to impose various taxes and fees in connection with activity or property within those jurisdictions. The California Constitution also authorizes a charter city to levy local taxes to raise revenues for local purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by that city's charter or preemption in matters of statewide concern.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1838	California AB 1838 (20172018)	bill appropriation	Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries.	enacted	Committee on Budget	5	23	4	2018-01-10	2018-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/5f78be21-aa94-4e45-b56b-68108d9c84e8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838	b7352fb7052c3a39b3b68358001e0c13e1aa96290a2cbc46441e3f28e2f629aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1838 (20172018) — Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries.

Existing law authorizes counties, cities, and other local agencies to impose various taxes and fees in connection with activity or property within those jurisdictions. The California Constitution also authorizes a charter city to levy local taxes to raise revenues for local purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by that city's charter or preemption in matters of statewide concern.

Version chain

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

1. 01/10/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/28/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1838 (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/28/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1838 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — 50–22 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1838 BUDGET (Ting) By Mitchell — 21–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 9–5 (pass) · upper
• AB 1838 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — 70–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Budget — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-01-11 From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
• 2018-01-29 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2018-05-07 Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 18. Page 5026.)
• 2018-05-07 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2018-05-07 Ordered to second reading.
• 2018-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 5113.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-24 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
• 2018-06-25 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
• 2018-06-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-06-25 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 4881.)
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-06-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 7. Page 4965.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-06-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 6029.)
• 2018-06-28 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 6029.)
• 2018-06-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 6030.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2018-06-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-06-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 61, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f78be21-aa94-4e45-b56b-68108d9c84e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).