CA SB 1249
Status unknownPersonal income taxes: deductions: elderly seniors.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 1249 pass?
The current status of CA SB 1249 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-06-30): June 29 hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
What is CA SB 1249 about?
The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows various deductions from gross income in calculating adjusted gross income. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2032, would allow a deduction in determining adjusted gross income for a taxpayer in an amount equal to $3,000 per qualified individual, reduced by 6% of the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income in excess of specified thresholds. The bill would define "qualified individual" for these purposes to mean the taxpayer if the taxpayer is an elderly senior and, in the case of a married couple filing a joint return, the taxpayer's spouse if the taxpayer's spouse is an elderly senior, and would define "elderly senior" to mean an individual who meets specified age criteria as of the last day of the taxable year. Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals that 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. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Who sponsors CA SB 1249?
Richardson is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1249.
Description
The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows various deductions from gross income in calculating adjusted gross income. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2032, would allow a deduction in determining adjusted gross income for a taxpayer in an amount equal to $3,000 per qualified individual, reduced by 6% of the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income in excess of specified thresholds. The bill would define "qualified individual" for these purposes to mean the taxpayer if the taxpayer is an elderly senior and, in the case of a married couple filing a joint return, the taxpayer's spouse if the taxpayer's spouse is an elderly senior, and would define "elderly senior" to mean an individual who meets specified age criteria as of the last day of the taxable year. Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals that 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. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-19
- Latest action
- 2026-06-30 — June 29 hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Richardsonauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-30
June 29 hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
2026-06-15
June 15 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-01
Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
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2026-05-26
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4450.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4270.) (May 14).
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2026-05-12
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-11
May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-07
Set for hearing May 11.
2026-05-06
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4154.) (May 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-23
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
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2026-04-09
Set for hearing May 6.
2026-03-04
Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
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2026-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-05-06 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Grayson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Becker: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McNerney: yes
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-11 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
Do pass as amended
2026-05-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
3rd Reading
2026-05-26 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wiener: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Laird: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Grove: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Allen: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Becker: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Jones: yes
- Choi: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Limón: yes
- Dahle: other
- Niello: other
- Gonzalez: other
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