CA AB 985

enacted

Chiquita Canyon Landfill: property tax reassessment and penalties.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

(1) The California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1% of the full cash value of that property. For purposes of this limitation, "full cash value" is defined as the assessor's valuation of real property as shown on the 1975–76 tax bill under "full cash value" or, thereafter, the appraised value of that real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred. The California Constitution authorizes the full cash value base to be reduced to reflect substantial damage, destruction, or other factors causing a decline in value. This bill would require each property located within a 5-mile radius of the center of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the County of Los Angeles to be reassessed so that the full cash value base of the property reflects any decline in value of the property arising from the Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event, as defined. The bill would require reassessments to be retroactive to the January 1, 2022, lien date. The bill would require, following reassessment, the assessor to send a specified notice of the assessment value change to the taxpayer. By imposing additional duties on local tax officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing property tax law authorizes any person to elect to pay delinquent taxes in installments (installment redemption plan) by a certain date before the tax collector obtains the power to sell the property in order to redeem certain tax-defaulted property. Existing property tax law prohibits restarting installment payments if those payments are started under these provisions and the amount required to be paid in any fiscal year is not paid as required (default) . This bill would prohibit an installment redemption plan, for which all payments due on or before January 7, 2025, have been timely made, from being considered in default until April 10, 2030, for property located within a 5-mile radius of the center of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the County of Los Angeles. By imposing additional duties on local tax officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing property tax law authorizes, for taxes due on escape assessments for prior fiscal years, those taxes to be paid over a four-year period (installment plan) at the option of the assessee if the additional tax is over $500 and a written request for installment payment is filed by the assessee with the tax collector by a certain time. This bill would suspend the taxes due on a property making payments pursuant to an installment plan as described above, would prohibit their collection, and would prohibit the taxes from being considered delinquent, all until April 10, 2030, for property located within a 5-mile radius of the center of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the County of Los Angeles, provided that, on or before April 1, 2025, all payments required by the plan were timely made. By imposing additional duties on local tax officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law authorizes the auditor or tax collector to cancel any penalty, costs, or other charges resulting from tax delinquency upon certain findings, including if the cancellation was ordered by a local, state, or federal court. This bill would also authorize any penalty, costs, or other charges resulting from tax delinquency to be canceled if failure to make a timely payment is due to a documented hardship, as determined by the tax collector, arising from the Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event, as defined. (3) This bill would make findings and declarations related to a gift of public funds. (4) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles. (5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. (6) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced: 2025-03-24
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 174, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-20
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-03-10
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
referral-committee
2025-03-24
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
referral-committee
2025-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-30
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-07
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 1. Page 1964.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2025-06-23
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-25
Re-referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and B. & F.I.
referral-committee
2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F.I. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-07-15
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-07-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-17
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2025-07-17
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-04
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-11
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2886.).
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2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3456.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,passage
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 174, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
07/16/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-16Compare
08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
09/04/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-04Compare
09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-22 · pass · 17-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Lowenthal: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Flora: yes
- Haney: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Chen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bains: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: other
Do pass.
2025-05-07 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hart: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Dixon: yes
AB 985 Ahrens Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 64-1
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bains: yes
- Addis: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Gipson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hart: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Zbur: other
- Sanchez: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Hadwick: other
- Patterson: other
- Gallagher: other
- Schiavo: other
- Patel: other
- Jackson: other
- Mark González: other
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Dixon: other
- Kalra: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Banking and Financial Institutions]
2025-07-09 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Ashby: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Grayson: other
- McNerney: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
3rd Reading AB985 Schiavo et al. By Blakespear Urgency Clause
2025-09-11 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: other
AB 985 Schiavo Concurrence - Urgency Added
2025-09-13 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- McKinnor: other

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