republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1126.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transaction and use tax: rate."
description: "The Transaction and Use Tax Law authorizes a district to impose a transactions tax for the privilege of selling tangible personal property at retail upon every retailer in the district at a rate of 14 of 1%, or a multiple thereof, of the gross receipts of the retailer from the sale of all tangible personal property sold by that person at retail in the district. That law also requires that a use tax portion of a transaction and use tax ordinance be adopted to impose a complementary tax upon the storage, use, or other consumption in the district of tangible personal property purchased from any retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in the district at a rate of 14 of 1%, or a multiple thereof, of the sales price of the property whose storage, use, or other consumption is subject to the tax, as prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1126"
citation: "California AB 1126 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transaction and use tax: rate."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Calderon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b89ce019-486a-43fc-b8ef-8c5c243d9fcb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1126"
source_hash: "9a67adc563cbc1713d3f02bc8447a9d1e4e4ad63e8206cde91e1787e8f891256"
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 1126 (20112012) — Transaction and use tax: rate.

The Transaction and Use Tax Law authorizes a district to impose a transactions tax for the privilege of selling tangible personal property at retail upon every retailer in the district at a rate of 14 of 1%, or a multiple thereof, of the gross receipts of the retailer from the sale of all tangible personal property sold by that person at retail in the district. That law also requires that a use tax portion of a transaction and use tax ordinance be adopted to impose a complementary tax upon the storage, use, or other consumption in the district of tangible personal property purchased from any retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in the district at a rate of 14 of 1%, or a multiple thereof, of the sales price of the property whose storage, use, or other consumption is subject to the tax, as prescribed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1126&version=20110AB112699INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1126&version=20110AB112698AMD)
3. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1126&version=20110AB112696CHP)
4. **AB1126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1126)
5. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1126&version=20110AB112697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 1126 CALDERON Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB1126 Charles Calderon By Calderon — **22–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2012-01-04** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3560.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-30** Ordered to inactive file pursuant to Senate Rule 29.
- **2012-08-30** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Dutton.
- **2012-08-31** From inactive file.
- **2012-08-31** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 5069.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b89ce019-486a-43fc-b8ef-8c5c243d9fcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).