republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-133.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property tax postponement."
description: "Existing law authorizes a claimant to file a claim with the Controller to postpone the payment of property taxes that are due on the residential dwelling of the claimant pursuant to the Senior Citizens and Disabled Citizens Property Tax Postponement Law, the Senior Citizens Tenant-Stockholder Property Tax Postponement Law, the Senior Citizens Manufactured Home Property Tax Postponement Law, and the Senior Citizens Possessory Interest Holder Property Tax Postponement Law. Existing law, for purposes of these laws, does not allow a postponement of property taxes if the claimant's household income exceeds $35,500. Existing law continuously appropriates revenues in the Senior Citizens and Disabled Citizens Property Tax Postponement Fund for, among other things, disbursements relating to the postponement of property taxes pursuant to these laws. Existing law requires property tax postponement payments, from the time a payment is made, to bear interest at the rate of 7% per annum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 133"
citation: "California AB 133 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Property tax postponement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b8805ee-208c-4f6f-b307-24e1521a620d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB133"
source_hash: "86acf130b9dc052b5bd93ce9c0a52f4c6d5e02468aeda97cb09d45fbbbd6767a"
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 133 (20192020) — Property tax postponement.

Existing law authorizes a claimant to file a claim with the Controller to postpone the payment of property taxes that are due on the residential dwelling of the claimant pursuant to the Senior Citizens and Disabled Citizens Property Tax Postponement Law, the Senior Citizens Tenant-Stockholder Property Tax Postponement Law, the Senior Citizens Manufactured Home Property Tax Postponement Law, and the Senior Citizens Possessory Interest Holder Property Tax Postponement Law. Existing law, for purposes of these laws, does not allow a postponement of property taxes if the claimant's household income exceeds $35,500. Existing law continuously appropriates revenues in the Senior Citizens and Disabled Citizens Property Tax Postponement Fund for, among other things, disbursements relating to the postponement of property taxes pursuant to these laws. Existing law requires property tax postponement payments, from the time a payment is made, to bear interest at the rate of 7% per annum.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB133&version=20190AB13399INT)
2. **02/19/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB133&version=20190AB13398AMD)
3. **03/07/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB133&version=20190AB13397AMD)
4. **05/17/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB133&version=20190AB13396AMD)
5. **06/24/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB133&version=20190AB13395AMD)
6. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB133&version=20190AB13393CHP)
7. **AB133** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB133)
8. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB133&version=20190AB13394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB133 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 133 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 133 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
- Patterson — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2018-12-06** From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
- **2019-01-07** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1917.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2710.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
- **2019-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3292.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 794, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b8805ee-208c-4f6f-b307-24e1521a620d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).