Legislative proposals would extend disaster relief windows and clarify probate transfers under Prop. 19

Ted Angelo, legislative director and chief of the Legislative Research and Statistics Division, updated the board on several bills affecting property tax administration.

He highlighted disaster relief proposals, including Senator McBurney's SB 663, which would extend certain reassessment claim windows (for example from 12 to 24 months and 5 to 8 years for qualified property damage) and AB 293, which would increase the timeframe for unrecorded changes in ownership after a disaster from six months to three years. "AB 293 ... increases from 6 months to 3 years the timeframe for those that have, quote unquote unrecorded changes in ownership," Angelo said.

Angelo also described SB 284 (sponsored by the assessors association) which would clarify parent‑child and grandchild transfer rules under Proposition 19 and add a one‑year deadline running from settlement by judicial decree in probate to allow heirs to consolidate ownership without reassessment. He said the bill aims to resolve situations where probate or multiple heirs prevent a timely consolidation that Prop. 19 contemplates.

Angelo noted the legislative calendar — a June 6 house‑of‑origin deadline and a July 18 policy committee deadline — and observed 16 of 22 BOE‑impacting tracked bills crossed over; he also mentioned an upcoming leadership change in the Senate pro tempore position to Senator Monique Limon.

The presentation was informational; no BOE action on legislation was recorded at the meeting.