republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1743.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: properties eligible to claim or receiving a welfare exemption."
description: "The Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, after a community facilities district has been created and authorized to levy specified special taxes, authorizes the legislative body, by ordinance, to levy the special taxes at the rate and apportion them in the manner specified in the resolution forming the community facilities district. The act requires properties or entities of the state, federal, or local governments, except as otherwise provided, to be exempt from the special tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1743"
citation: "California AB 1743 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: properties eligible to claim or receiving a welfare exemption."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/675a1ac5-1e17-4d69-b498-09cde095f5aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1743"
source_hash: "d633368485d9a6b086ba09b9ec04c72b24ab2f804a5021f3b288637040746a04"
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 1743 (20192020) — Local government: properties eligible to claim or receiving a welfare exemption.

The Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, after a community facilities district has been created and authorized to levy specified special taxes, authorizes the legislative body, by ordinance, to levy the special taxes at the rate and apportion them in the manner specified in the resolution forming the community facilities district. The act requires properties or entities of the state, federal, or local governments, except as otherwise provided, to be exempt from the special tax.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1743&version=20190AB174399INT)
2. **08/26/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1743&version=20190AB174398AMD)
3. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1743&version=20190AB174397AMD)
4. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1743&version=20190AB174395CHP)
5. **AB1743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1743)
6. **09/19/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1743&version=20190AB174396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1743 Bloom Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1743 Bloom Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1743 Bloom By Beall — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1464.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-04** From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 4) `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2858.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2019-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3501.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 665, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/675a1ac5-1e17-4d69-b498-09cde095f5aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).