republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1203.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation: assessment appeals board: qualifications: County of Los Angeles."
description: "Existing property tax law authorizes a county board of supervisors to create, by ordinance, assessment appeals boards for the county to equalize the valuation of taxable property within the county for the purpose of taxation. Existing property tax law disqualifies, in counties with a population of 200,000 or more, a person for nomination for membership on an assessment appeals board unless they have a minimum of 5 years' professional experience in the state in one of various specified professions, including, but not limited to, as an attorney or certified public accountant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1203"
citation: "California AB 1203 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation: assessment appeals board: qualifications: County of Los Angeles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c734e2f-2963-4bd1-b963-78b343dc669e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1203"
source_hash: "266badf3e4470ca6024094b438e29584b632fc1765ec37ade59633ffbf0daf0e"
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 1203 (20212022) — Property taxation: assessment appeals board: qualifications: County of Los Angeles.

Existing property tax law authorizes a county board of supervisors to create, by ordinance, assessment appeals boards for the county to equalize the valuation of taxable property within the county for the purpose of taxation. Existing property tax law disqualifies, in counties with a population of 200,000 or more, a person for nomination for membership on an assessment appeals board unless they have a minimum of 5 years' professional experience in the state in one of various specified professions, including, but not limited to, as an attorney or certified public accountant.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1203&version=20210AB120399INT)
2. **03/22/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1203&version=20210AB120398AMD)
3. **04/07/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1203&version=20210AB120397AMD)
4. **06/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1203&version=20210AB120396AMD)
5. **09/30/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1203&version=20210AB120394CHP)
6. **AB1203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1203)
7. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1203&version=20210AB120395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1203 Burke Assembly Third Reading — **59–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1203 Burke By Kamlager — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1203 Burke Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 1030.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2217.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 2651.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 418, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c734e2f-2963-4bd1-b963-78b343dc669e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).