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Local taxation: real property transfers.

Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.

CA AB 698 · Assembly Bill · 2025–2026

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Passed first chamber
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Sponsors
2
Latest action
Jun 9, 2025

What it does

Existing statutory law, enacted by Proposition 62, as approved by the voters at the November 4, 1986, statewide general election, prohibits a local government or district from imposing any transaction tax or sales tax on the sale of real property within the city, county, or district, except as provided. The California Constitution authorizes cities organized under a charter to make and enforce all ordinances and regulations in respect to municipal affairs, which supersede inconsistent general laws. Existing law, the Documentary Transfer Tax Act, authorizes the imposition of a tax by a county or city, as provided, with respect to specified instruments that transfer specified interests in…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Jun 9, 2025

  4. Law (Not started)

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Where it goes next

While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.

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