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Bill	Property taxation: active solar energy systems.	The California Constitution generally limits the maximum rate of ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the full cash value of the property and defines "full cash value" for these purposes as the appraised value of real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred after the 1975 assessment. Pursuant to constitutional authorization, existing property tax law excludes from the definition of "newly constructed" for these purposes the construction or addition of any active solar energy system, as defined, through the 2025–26 fiscal year. Under existing property tax law, this exclusion remains in effect only until there is a subsequent change in ownership, but an active solar energy system that qualifies for the exclusion before January 1, 2027, continues to receive the exclusion until there is a subsequent change in ownership. Existing law repeals these exclusion provisions on January 1, 2027.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 710	California SB 710 (20252026)	bill	Propertytaxation activesolarenergysystems	enacted	Blakespear	11	36	8	2025-02-21	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/1ed45060-b759-4d45-91dc-1701ec9eb59e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB710	a0d0ca41d1131148cd7bb3d95ac92687e4b5c2e3b6c9b0377d8ef190d9ea1b68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 710 (20252026) — Property taxation: active solar energy systems.

The California Constitution generally limits the maximum rate of ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the full cash value of the property and defines "full cash value" for these purposes as the appraised value of real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred after the 1975 assessment. Pursuant to constitutional authorization, existing property tax law excludes from the definition of "newly constructed" for these purposes the construction or addition of any active solar energy system, as defined, through the 2025–26 fiscal year. Under existing property tax law, this exclusion remains in effect only until there is a subsequent change in ownership, but an active solar energy system that qualifies for the exclusion before January 1, 2027, continues to receive the exclusion until there is a subsequent change in ownership. Existing law repeals these exclusion provisions on January 1, 2027.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/07/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/08/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/16/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB710 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 710 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Berman — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB710 Blakespear et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent SB710 Blakespear et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blakespear — primary (person)
• Jones — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2025-05-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1083.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-15 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2025-05-19 May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1210.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1522.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-16 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-01 June 30 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-07-07 July 7 set for first hearing. Placed on REV. & TAX. suspense file.
• 2025-07-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-05 Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
• 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3090.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2891.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 328, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ed45060-b759-4d45-91dc-1701ec9eb59e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).