The California Constitution provides for the taxation of property and establishes the State Board of Equalization to administer those taxes. Existing property tax law, pursuant to constitutional authorization, sets forth procedures for imposing and collecting taxes on property in the state. Existing law requires a person owning taxable personal property, as specified, to file annually a signed property statement declared to be true under the penalty of perjury with the assessor. Existing law authorizes a property statement to be filed with the assessor through the United States mail, properly addressed with postage prepaid.
California AB 1879 (20232024) — Property taxation: filing.
The California Constitution provides for the taxation of property and establishes the State Board of Equalization to administer those taxes. Existing property tax law, pursuant to constitutional authorization, sets forth procedures for imposing and collecting taxes on property in the state. Existing law requires a person owning taxable personal property, as specified, to file annually a signed property statement declared to be true under the penalty of perjury with the assessor. Existing law authorizes a property statement to be filed with the assessor through the United States mail, properly addressed with postage prepaid.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1879 Gipson Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1879 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gipson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-01-23 From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
2024-02-12 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2024-03-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-03-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2024-03-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-03-11 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2024-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-04-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-01 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2024-05-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5042.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6323.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 217, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/959703fd-e733-416e-abdd-71a0586154ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).