republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3259.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transactions and use taxes: City of Campbell: City of Pinole: County of Solano."
description: "Existing law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3259"
citation: "California AB 3259 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City of Campbell", "City of Pinole", "County of Solano", "Transactions and use taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/096c07ed-b20f-4117-a145-54adf84f833e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259"
source_hash: "8e95073a081c486f86356c3efe370ea2b8ee2f81be9193686968a3d83cf8daa8"
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 3259 (20232024) — Transactions and use taxes: City of Campbell: City of Pinole: County of Solano.

Existing law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259&version=20230AB325999INT)
2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259&version=20230AB325998AMD)
3. **04/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259&version=20230AB325997AMD)
4. **05/07/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259&version=20230AB325996AMD)
5. **07/01/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259&version=20230AB325995AMD)
6. **08/08/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259&version=20230AB325994AMD)
7. **08/22/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259&version=20230AB325993AMD)
8. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259&version=20230AB325991CHP)
9. **AB3259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259)
10. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3259&version=20230AB325992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 3259 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — **49–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3259 Wilson By Dodd Urgency Clause — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 3259 Wilson Concurrence - Urgency Added — **54–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-21** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 5599.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-07-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-07-03** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-08** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-14** From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 14) `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2024-08-30** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 17.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 852, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/096c07ed-b20f-4117-a145-54adf84f833e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).