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CA AB 1518

enacted

Income taxes: administration: nonresident aliens: identifying numbers: group filing.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1518 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1518 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-28. Latest recorded action (2025-07-28): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 73, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1518 about?

The Personal Income Tax Law imposes a tax on the taxable income of an individual taxpayer subject to that law, and provides for specified treatment of the income of nonresidents. Existing law requires every taxpayer subject to tax under the law to file a return with the Franchise Tax Board, and requires specified identifying numbers to be included on state tax returns, statements, and other documents, including a federal social security number (SSN) or individual tax identification number (ITIN) , unless otherwise provided. Existing law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2026, prohibits the Franchise Tax Board from requiring a nonresident alien, as defined, to provide an SSN or ITIN when filing a state tax return, statement, or other document if the nonresident alien is not eligible for or has not been issued an SSN or ITIN. Existing law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2026, also requires the Franchise Tax Board to provide for the filing of a group return for electing nonresident aliens, as specified, and excludes from gross income any payments made by an agent on behalf of a nonresident in a group filing. This bill would extend indefinitely the prohibition on the Franchise Tax Board from requiring a nonresident alien to provide an SSN or ITIN, as described above, the requirement that the Franchise Tax Board provide for the filing of a group return for electing nonresident aliens, as specified, and the exclusion from gross income for any payments made by an agent on behalf of a nonresident in a group filing. The bill would make additional conforming changes related to these provisions.

Who sponsors CA AB 1518?

Committee on Revenue and Taxation is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1518.

Description

The Personal Income Tax Law imposes a tax on the taxable income of an individual taxpayer subject to that law, and provides for specified treatment of the income of nonresidents. Existing law requires every taxpayer subject to tax under the law to file a return with the Franchise Tax Board, and requires specified identifying numbers to be included on state tax returns, statements, and other documents, including a federal social security number (SSN) or individual tax identification number (ITIN) , unless otherwise provided. Existing law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2026, prohibits the Franchise Tax Board from requiring a nonresident alien, as defined, to provide an SSN or ITIN when filing a state tax return, statement, or other document if the nonresident alien is not eligible for or has not been issued an SSN or ITIN. Existing law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2026, also requires the Franchise Tax Board to provide for the filing of a group return for electing nonresident aliens, as specified, and excludes from gross income any payments made by an agent on behalf of a nonresident in a group filing. This bill would extend indefinitely the prohibition on the Franchise Tax Board from requiring a nonresident alien to provide an SSN or ITIN, as described above, the requirement that the Franchise Tax Board provide for the filing of a group return for electing nonresident aliens, as specified, and the exclusion from gross income for any payments made by an agent on behalf of a nonresident in a group filing. The bill would make additional conforming changes related to these provisions.

Introduced
Latest action
2025-07-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 73, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Revenue and Taxationauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-13

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-03-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee April 13.

  3. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

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  4. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  5. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30).

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  6. 2025-05-01

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  7. 2025-05-08

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1487.)

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  8. 2025-05-08

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  9. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

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  10. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2025-07-07

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  12. 2025-07-08

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  13. 2025-07-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2044.).

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  14. 2025-07-10

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  15. 2025-07-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  16. 2025-07-28

    Approved by the Governor.

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  17. 2025-07-28

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 73, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-21 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-04-30 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pellerin: other
  • AB 1518 REV. & TAX. Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-08 · pass · 69-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Gabriel: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Carrillo: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Flora: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Sanchez: other
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-25 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB1518 REV. & TAX.

    2025-07-10 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Pérez: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Umberg: other

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