CA SB 420

in committee

Property tax: welfare exemption: detention facilities.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to exempt from taxation, in whole or in part, property that is used exclusively for religious, hospital, or charitable purposes, and is owned or held in trust by a nonprofit entity. Pursuant to that authority, existing law provides for a welfare exemption under which property used exclusively for an exempt purpose and owned and operated by specified entities, including foundations, limited liability companies, or corporations meeting certain statutory requirements is exempt from taxation. This bill would specify that for the purposes of the welfare exemption provisions above, "property used exclusively for religious, hospital, scientific, or charitable purposes" shall not include property, or any portion thereof, operated as a detention facility, as defined. The bill would declare that the above provision is declarative of, and not a change in, existing law.

Introduced: 2025-02-18
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-07-02 — Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-02-18
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-19
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2025-02-26
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-04-01
Set for hearing April 8 in JUD. pending receipt.
2025-04-02
Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and G.O.
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2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 706.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
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2025-04-10
Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4. Page 830.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-25
Set for hearing May 5.
2025-05-05
May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 1199.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 1401.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-03
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-09
Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.
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2026-06-03
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2026-06-08
Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
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2026-06-23
June 22 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-30
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 29).
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2026-07-01
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-07-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-07-02
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97.
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Versions

02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
06/03/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-03Compare
07/01/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-01Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization]
2025-04-08 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Valladares: no
- Niello: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-22 · pass · 10-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Padilla: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Hurtado: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Cabaldon: other
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-06-02 · pass · 26-9
Member-level votes (40)
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Stern: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Valladares: no
- Seyarto: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Grove: no
- Dahle: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Jones: no
- Niello: other
- Reyes: other
- Hurtado: other
- Cabaldon: other
- Grayson: other
Do pass as amended.
2026-06-29 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Sanchez: no
- DeMaio: no

Related bills

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