republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-84.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property tax: welfare exemption: affordable housing."
description: "(1) Existing property tax law, in accordance with the California Constitution, provides for a \"welfare exemption\" for property used exclusively for religious, hospital, scientific, or charitable purposes and that is owned or operated by certain types of nonprofit entities, if certain qualifying criteria are met. Existing law defines \"property used exclusively for religious, hospital, or charitable purposes\" to include facilities in the course of construction on or after the first Monday of March 1954, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 84"
citation: "California AB 84 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property tax", "affordable housing", "welfare exemption"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-16"
last_action: "2023-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06c0dbf0-a561-4662-80d3-bcca8c064555"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB84"
source_hash: "b67f8d649d1b26be83e7bb560dc18df3e0d36bb8b342418f16e5d1332498d7de"
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 84 (20232024) — Property tax: welfare exemption: affordable housing.

(1) Existing property tax law, in accordance with the California Constitution, provides for a "welfare exemption" for property used exclusively for religious, hospital, scientific, or charitable purposes and that is owned or operated by certain types of nonprofit entities, if certain qualifying criteria are met. Existing law defines "property used exclusively for religious, hospital, or charitable purposes" to include facilities in the course of construction on or after the first Monday of March 1954, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/16/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB84&version=20230AB8499INT)
2. **03/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB84&version=20230AB8498AMD)
3. **05/03/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB84&version=20230AB8497AMD)
4. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB84&version=20230AB8496AMD)
5. **07/05/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB84&version=20230AB8495AMD)
6. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB84&version=20230AB8494AMD)
7. **10/11/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB84&version=20230AB8492CHP)
8. **AB84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB84)
9. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB84&version=20230AB8493ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 84 Ward Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB84 Ward By Skinner — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 84 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-16** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-12-17** From printer. May be heard in committee January 16.
- **2023-01-04** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Re-referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1776.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** 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`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2684.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3438.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 734, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06c0dbf0-a561-4662-80d3-bcca8c064555`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).