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CA AB 429

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Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: exclusions: wildfires.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 429 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 429 is in committee as of 2025-06-18 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-06-18): Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

What is CA AB 429 about?

The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in conformity with federal income tax law, generally defines gross income as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, and provides various exclusions from gross income. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2027, would provide an exclusion from gross income for amounts received by a qualified taxpayer, as defined, in settlement for costs and losses associated with the 2021 Dixie Fire in the Counties of Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama, or the 2022 Mill Fire in the County of Siskiyou, as provided. Existing law requires a bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. This bill would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure. The bill would make legislative findings and declarations related to a gift of public funds. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 429?

Hadwick is the primary sponsor of CA AB 429, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in conformity with federal income tax law, generally defines gross income as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, and provides various exclusions from gross income. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2027, would provide an exclusion from gross income for amounts received by a qualified taxpayer, as defined, in settlement for costs and losses associated with the 2021 Dixie Fire in the Counties of Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama, or the 2022 Mill Fire in the County of Siskiyou, as provided. Existing law requires a bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. This bill would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure. The bill would make legislative findings and declarations related to a gift of public funds. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2025-05-07
Latest action
2025-06-18 — Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hadwickauthor
  • Lackeycoauthor
  • Dahlecoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-05

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-06

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.

  3. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

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  4. 2025-03-17

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-05-07

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 5).

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  6. 2025-05-08

    Read second time and amended.

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  7. 2025-05-12

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  9. 2025-05-21

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)

  10. 2025-05-21

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2082.).

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  14. 2025-06-05

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

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  15. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0

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

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other
  • AB 429 Hadwick Third Reading Urgency

    2025-06-04 · pass · 77-0

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

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