Taxpayer contributions: California firefighters' and peace officer memorial funds.
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AB 1561 — Taxpayer contributions: California firefighters' and peace officer memorial funds.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2014.
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 29, 2014. Enacted.
Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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17 sponsors
1 primary, 16 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 5 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her tax liability for the support of specified funds, including, among others, the California Firefighters' Memorial Fund and the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Fund. Existing law provides for the repeal of the contribution provisions for these funds on January 1, 2016. This bill would instead repeal those provisions on January 1, 2021.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 07/16/14 - Chaptered Current pdf July 16, 2014
- Enrolled 07/09/14 - Enrolled pdf July 09, 2014
- Amended 04/02/14 - Amended Assembly pdf April 02, 2014
- Introduced 01/29/14 - Introduced pdf January 29, 2014
- AB1561 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2014.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4255.).
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Ordered to special consent calendar.
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4591.)
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Ordered to third reading.
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From consent calendar.
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Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9).
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Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Read second time and amended.
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From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 24).
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Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Travis Allen · Cosponsor
- Salas · Cosponsor
- Block · Cosponsor
- Buchanan · Cosponsor
- Chesbro · Cosponsor
- Frazier · Cosponsor
- Hall · Cosponsor
- Huff · Cosponsor
- Maienschein · Cosponsor
- Ting · Cosponsor
- Skinner · Cosponsor
- Jeff Gonzalez · Cosponsor
- Rodriguez · Primary
- Vidak · Cosponsor
- Wilk · Cosponsor
- Wieckowski · Cosponsor
- Robert Garcia · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 16 co-sponsors · 105 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Rodriguez
Co-sponsors (16)
- Travis Allen
- Salas
- Block
- Buchanan
- Chesbro
- Frazier
- Hall
- Huff
- Maienschein
- Ting
- Skinner
- Gonzalez, Jeff Republican
- Vidak
- Wilk
- Wieckowski
- Garcia, Robert Democratic
Not signed on (105)
105 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 105 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hernandez | — | Not Voting |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Vidak | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Cannella | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Not Voting |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Not Voting |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Yee | — | Not Voting |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 68 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 75 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (79)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Not Voting |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Linder | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Mansoor | — | Not Voting |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Gorell | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Garcia | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Bocanegra | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| John A. Pérez | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Not Voting |
| Chávez | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Dababneh | — | Yea |
| Dickinson | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Not Voting |
| Fox | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Yea |
| Lorena Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Roger Hernández | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (17)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Linder | — | Yea |
| Bocanegra | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Not Voting |
| Bocanegra | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 1561 do?
- The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her tax liability for the support of specified funds, including, among others, the California Firefighters' Memorial Fund and the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Fund. Existing law provides for the repeal of the contribution provisions for these funds on January 1, 2016. This bill would instead repeal those provisions on January 1, 2021.
- Who sponsors AB 1561?
- AB 1561 is sponsored by Travis Allen, Salas, Block, Buchanan, Chesbro, Frazier, Hall, Huff, Maienschein, Ting, Skinner, Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican), Rodriguez, Vidak, Wilk, Wieckowski, and Garcia, Robert (Democratic).
- What is the current status of AB 1561?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 29, 2014. Enacted.
- Where can I track AB 1561?
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