republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-536.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property tax revenue allocations: public utilities: qualified property: City of Oakley."
description: "(1) The California Constitution requires the State Board of Equalization to assess the property, other than franchises, of companies transmitting or selling gas or electricity. Existing property tax law provides for the valuation, as a unit, of properties of a state assessee that are operated as a unit as a primary function of that assessee, and for the allocation of the assessed value of the unit among various counties in which the state assessee's unitary property is located. Existing law also provides, pursuant to specified formulas, for the application in each county of specified tax rates to unitary assessed value, and for the allocation among jurisdictions in that county of the resulting revenues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 536"
citation: "California SB 536 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property tax revenue allocations: public utilities: qualified property: City of Oakley."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5656b3b-153b-4412-8a48-f0925cce050a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB536"
source_hash: "f0985ce3923660696b2242e4a35b2f950aacfc76d85f8eb6a1d78b33753dc125"
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 SB 536 (20112012) — Property tax revenue allocations: public utilities: qualified property: City of Oakley.

(1) The California Constitution requires the State Board of Equalization to assess the property, other than franchises, of companies transmitting or selling gas or electricity. Existing property tax law provides for the valuation, as a unit, of properties of a state assessee that are operated as a unit as a primary function of that assessee, and for the allocation of the assessed value of the unit among various counties in which the state assessee's unitary property is located. Existing law also provides, pursuant to specified formulas, for the application in each county of specified tax rates to unitary assessed value, and for the allocation among jurisdictions in that county of the resulting revenues.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB536&version=20110SB53699INT)
2. **04/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB536&version=20110SB53698AMD)
3. **06/21/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB536&version=20110SB53697AMD)
4. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB536&version=20110SB53696AMD)
5. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB536&version=20110SB53694CHP)
6. **SB536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB536)
7. **09/14/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB536&version=20110SB53695ENR)

## Votes

- SB 536 DeSaulnier Third Reading Urgency By BUCHANAN Amend By BUCHANAN Set #1 — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 536 DeSaulnier Third Reading Urgency By BUCHANAN — **62–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB536 DeSaulnier Urgency Clause Concurrence — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — primary (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2011-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 559.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 846.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1031.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2817.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3017.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 2468.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 710, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5656b3b-153b-4412-8a48-f0925cce050a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).