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CA SB 591

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Taxation: electronic payments: penalties.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 591 pass?

Not yet. CA SB 591 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

What is CA SB 591 about?

Existing law requires that any payment required to be remitted to the Franchise Tax Board by an individual pursuant to specified law be remitted electronically in the form and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board if specified conditions are met. Existing law, where payment is required to be made electronically but is made by some other means instead, imposes a penalty equal to 1% of the amount paid, except as provided. This bill would, for payments made on or after January 1, 2026, change the penalty for the above-described violation to instead be waived for the first violation.

Who sponsors CA SB 591?

Valladares is the primary sponsor of CA SB 591, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires that any payment required to be remitted to the Franchise Tax Board by an individual pursuant to specified law be remitted electronically in the form and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board if specified conditions are met. Existing law, where payment is required to be made electronically but is made by some other means instead, imposes a penalty equal to 1% of the amount paid, except as provided. This bill would, for payments made on or after January 1, 2026, change the penalty for the above-described violation to instead be waived for the first violation.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2025-08-29 — August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Valladaresauthor
  • Allenauthor
  • Umbergcoauthor
  • Bermancoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-08-29

    August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

  2. 2025-08-20

    August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  3. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  4. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 14).

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  5. 2025-07-07

    July 7 set for first hearing. Placed on REV. & TAX. suspense file.

  6. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

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  7. 2025-05-29

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  8. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1327.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  9. 2025-05-27

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  10. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1205.) (May 23).

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  11. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  13. 2025-05-05

    May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  14. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  15. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 872.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 23.

  17. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

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  18. 2025-03-26

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  19. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  20. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  21. 2025-02-20

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
  • SB591Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-23 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Valladares: yes

  • 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

    2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other

  • Special Consent SB591 Valladares et al.

    2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0

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

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

    2025-07-14 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Gipson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • DeMaio: other

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