CURRENT BILL STATUS MEASURE : S.B. No. 259 AUTHOR(S) : Bates. TOPIC : Property taxation: change in ownership. +LAST AMENDED DATE : 01/14/2016 TYPE OF BILL : Inactive Urgency Non-Appropriations 2/3 Vote Required State-Mandated Local Program Fiscal Non-Tax Levy LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/01/2016 LAST HIST. ACTION : Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. COMM. LOCATION : SEN APPROPRIATIONS TITLE : An act to amend Sections 64, 480.1, 480.2, and 482 of, to add Section 480.9 to, and to add and repeal Section 486 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.