republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-279.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax administration: disclosure of information: Franchise Tax Board and cities and counties."
description: "Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2019, a city that has entered into a reciprocal agreement, as defined, with the Franchise Tax Board to exchange tax information, as provided. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2019, upon the request of the Franchise Tax Board, each city that assesses a city business tax or requires a city business license to annually submit to the board specified information relating to the administration of the city's business tax program. Existing law defines the term \"city\" to include, among others, a city and county. Existing law limits the collection and use of this information and provides that any unauthorized use of this information is punishable as a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 279"
citation: "California AB 279 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tax administration: disclosure of information: Franchise Tax Board and cities and counties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-11"
last_action: "2015-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05402ed1-aca9-4e71-b7af-959f1d09eec9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB279"
source_hash: "5bbeb3a7490a7221ef9301420d00352a1dc87d394aa8615c6a3d9f750325afcc"
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 279 (20152016) — Tax administration: disclosure of information: Franchise Tax Board and cities and counties.

Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2019, a city that has entered into a reciprocal agreement, as defined, with the Franchise Tax Board to exchange tax information, as provided. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2019, upon the request of the Franchise Tax Board, each city that assesses a city business tax or requires a city business license to annually submit to the board specified information relating to the administration of the city's business tax program. Existing law defines the term "city" to include, among others, a city and county. Existing law limits the collection and use of this information and provides that any unauthorized use of this information is punishable as a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB279&version=20150AB27999INT)
2. **08/12/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB279&version=20150AB27997CHP)
3. **AB279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB279)
4. **07/13/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB279&version=20150AB27998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 279 DODD Assembly Third Reading — **67–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB279 Dodd By Beall — **33–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2015-02-23** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 9. Page 1436.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 1877.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 180, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05402ed1-aca9-4e71-b7af-959f1d09eec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).