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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries."
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description: "Existing law authorizes counties, cities, and other local agencies to impose various taxes and fees in connection with activity or property within those jurisdictions. The California Constitution also authorizes a charter city to levy local taxes to raise revenues for local purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by that city's charter or preemption in matters of statewide concern."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 1838"
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citation: "California AB 1838 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f78be21-aa94-4e45-b56b-68108d9c84e8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838"
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source_hash: "b7352fb7052c3a39b3b68358001e0c13e1aa96290a2cbc46441e3f28e2f629aa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1838 (20172018) — Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries.
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Existing law authorizes counties, cities, and other local agencies to impose various taxes and fees in connection with activity or property within those jurisdictions. The California Constitution also authorizes a charter city to levy local taxes to raise revenues for local purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by that city's charter or preemption in matters of statewide concern.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/10/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838&version=20170AB183899INT)
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2. **06/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838&version=20170AB183898AMD)
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3. **06/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838&version=20170AB183896CHP)
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4. **AB1838** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838)
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5. **06/28/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1838&version=20170AB183897ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1838 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **50–22** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1838 BUDGET (Ting) By Mitchell — **21–7** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1838 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **70–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Budget — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
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- **2018-01-29** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-07** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 18. Page 5026.)
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- **2018-05-07** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2018-05-07** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 5113.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2018-06-25** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 4881.)
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- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 7. Page 4965.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2018-06-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 6029.)
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- **2018-06-28** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 6029.)
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- **2018-06-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 6030.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2018-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 61, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f78be21-aa94-4e45-b56b-68108d9c84e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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