republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2425.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation: property records: transmission by mail or electronic format."
description: "Existing property tax law requires, upon request of an assessee of property or designated representative, a county assessor to permit the assessee or representative to inspect or copy all information, documents, and records, other than market data, whether or not required to be kept or prepared by the assessor, relating to the appraisal and the assessment of the assessee's property, and any penalties and interest thereon."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2425"
citation: "California AB 2425 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation: property records: transmission by mail or electronic format."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0dda10e-29ed-43e5-a7b7-309eb24fa204"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2425"
source_hash: "a2e1d651bb103760c3c7b0dd84421043aefcba3c2c6d787c9d42a1f218f3b440"
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 AB 2425 (20172018) — Property taxation: property records: transmission by mail or electronic format.

Existing property tax law requires, upon request of an assessee of property or designated representative, a county assessor to permit the assessee or representative to inspect or copy all information, documents, and records, other than market data, whether or not required to be kept or prepared by the assessor, relating to the appraisal and the assessment of the assessee's property, and any penalties and interest thereon.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2425&version=20170AB242599INT)
2. **03/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2425&version=20170AB242598AMD)
3. **05/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2425&version=20170AB242597AMD)
4. **08/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2425&version=20170AB242596AMD)
5. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2425&version=20170AB242594CHP)
6. **AB2425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2425)
7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2425&version=20170AB242595ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2425 BERMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–25** (pass) · lower
- AB 2425 BERMAN Assembly Third Reading — **50–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2425 Berman By McGuire — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** 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 21. Page 5119.) `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 GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5887.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 6893.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 968, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0dda10e-29ed-43e5-a7b7-309eb24fa204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).