California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 2944 — Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Schools Not Prisons Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2018.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her personal income tax liability for the support of specified funds. Under existing law, there are general administrative provisions applicable to these voluntary contributions, which, among other things, provide for the disbursement of contributions following the repeal of the fund's provisions and require undesignated funds to be transferred to the General Fund. Existing law requires any new or extended voluntary contribution to include the words "voluntary tax contribution" in the name of the fund, to require the administering agency to include specified information about the fund on its Internet Web site, to continuously appropriate from the fund the contributions made to the administering agency, to set a minimum contribution amount for the continuation of any voluntary tax contribution on the tax return form, and to include a generally applicable repeal date for a voluntary tax contribution. This bill would allow an individual to designate on his or her tax return that a specified amount in excess of his or her personal income tax liability be transferred to the Schools Not Prisons California Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, which would be created by this bill. The bill would conform with those aforementioned administrative requirements by continuously appropriating those funds to the Franchise Tax Board, the Controller, and the State Department of Education for administrative costs and to the State Department of Education for the distribution of grants to nonprofit public charities in California to fund academic and career readiness programs that seek to break the school-to-prison pipeline, as specified. The bill would also conform by requiring the State Department of Education to comply with certain Internet Web site reporting requirements and by repealing the provisions as of December 1 of the year that the minimum contribution amount of $250,000 is not met or by the specified repeal date. By continuously appropriating these funds, the bill would make an appropriation.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6361.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5286.).

  7. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13).

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  13. Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

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

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5007.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  17. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 25).

  18. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. Read second time and amended.

  20. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9).

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

  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended.

  23. Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

  24. From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

  25. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Jones-Sawyer · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Jones-Sawyer

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

AB 2944 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 57001
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
Burke — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chau — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Special Consent AB2944

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32003
Democratic 5000
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Chang — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Glazer — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bates — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Beall — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 2944 JONES-SAWYER Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 71 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 54003
Democratic 12003
Republican 5001
Total 71007
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Baker — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Not Voting
Wood — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Not Voting
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2944 do?
Existing law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her personal income tax liability for the support of specified funds. Under existing law, there are general administrative provisions applicable to these voluntary contributions, which, among other things, provide for the disbursement of contributions following the repeal of the fund's provisions and require undesignated funds to be transferred to the General Fund. Existing law requires any new or extended voluntary contribution to include the words "voluntary tax contribution" in the name of the fund, to require the administering agency to include specified information about the fund on its Internet Web site, to continuously appropriate from the fund the contributions made to the administering agency, to set a minimum contribution amount for the continuation of any voluntary tax contribution on the tax return form, and to include a generally applicable repeal date for a voluntary tax contribution. This bill would allow an individual to designate on his or her tax return that a specified amount in excess of his or her personal income tax liability be transferred to the Schools Not Prisons California Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, which would be created by this bill. The bill would conform with those aforementioned administrative requirements by continuously appropriating those funds to the Franchise Tax Board, the Controller, and the State Department of Education for administrative costs and to the State Department of Education for the distribution of grants to nonprofit public charities in California to fund academic and career readiness programs that seek to break the school-to-prison pipeline, as specified. The bill would also conform by requiring the State Department of Education to comply with certain Internet Web site reporting requirements and by repealing the provisions as of December 1 of the year that the minimum contribution amount of $250,000 is not met or by the specified repeal date. By continuously appropriating these funds, the bill would make an appropriation.
Who sponsors AB 2944?
AB 2944 is sponsored by Jones-Sawyer.
What is the current status of AB 2944?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2018. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 2944?
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