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type: "Bill"
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title: "Property tax: claims for refund."
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description: "Existing property tax law requires property taxes to be refunded to the taxpayer or last recorded owner, as provided, under specified circumstances and requires that a refund only be made pursuant to a claim for refund. Existing law requires the claim to be verified by the person who paid the tax, including his or her guardian, executor, or administrator."
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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: "SB 1246"
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citation: "California SB 1246 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Property tax: claims for refund."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-02-15"
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last_action: "2018-09-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b30b4167-aa70-4a19-820f-5e668c9bb406"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246"
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source_hash: "2d5da7646fbafa2cd98045324848ae8a90f5e74e6120f6ce8ad81168a7beddc4"
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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 SB 1246 (20172018) — Property tax: claims for refund.
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Existing property tax law requires property taxes to be refunded to the taxpayer or last recorded owner, as provided, under specified circumstances and requires that a refund only be made pursuant to a claim for refund. Existing law requires the claim to be verified by the person who paid the tax, including his or her guardian, executor, or administrator.
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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. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124699INT)
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2. **04/30/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124698AMD)
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3. **05/16/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124697AMD)
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4. **06/27/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124696AMD)
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5. **09/11/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124694CHP)
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6. **SB1246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246)
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7. **08/21/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1246&version=20170SB124695ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB1246 Gaines Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 1246 Gaines Senate Third Reading By KILEY — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gaines — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
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- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 9.
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- **2018-05-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4996.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-17** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2018-05-17** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2018-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4333.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-04** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-18** June 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2018-06-25** June 25 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2018-06-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6306.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2018-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5428.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2018-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 358, 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/b30b4167-aa70-4a19-820f-5e668c9bb406`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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