California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 437 — Research and Development: Small Business Grant Program.

Last action — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law provides for several programs supporting small businesses, including the Office of Small Business Advocate, the duties of director of which include, among other things, representing the views and interests of small businesses before other state agencies whose policies and activities may affect small businesses. The Personal Income Tax Law imposes taxes on taxable income at specified rates based upon the amount of taxable income. The Corporation Tax Law imposes taxes upon, according to, or measured by, net income, as specified. The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in modified conformity to a credit allowed under federal law, allow a credit against taxes imposed by those laws for increasing research expenses, as defined. Existing law allows a taxpayer to carryover any excess amounts of that credit to succeeding taxable years, until the credit is exhausted. This bill would, beginning January 1, 2017, and ending January 1, 2024, establish the Research and Development-Small Business Grant Program, which would provide qualified small businesses, as defined, grants in amounts equal to either 10% or 15% of any excess credit amount attributable to the small business for specified years under the credit described above. This bill would continuously appropriate moneys from the General Fund to award these grants, in specified amounts per calendar year, to be allocated by the Franchise Tax Board. This bill would specify that any grant money received by a qualified small business would be excluded from its income and would provide that any excess credit amount attributable to the qualified small business would be reduced by the amount allowed as a grant.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

  2. Vetoed by Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2801.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2795.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2349.).

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27).

  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 8).

  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 79. Noes 0. Page 1777.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  18. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28).

  19. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Read second time and amended.

  22. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27).

  23. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file.

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

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

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

  27. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  28. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Atkins · Primary
  • Mullin · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Atkins

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Mullin

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

AB 437 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71000
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Weber — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Low — Yea
Lopez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB437 Atkins By Hertzberg

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29008
Democratic 3000
Total 32008
% of votes cast 80%0%0%20%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hall — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Mitchell — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Moorlach — Not Voting
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Not Voting
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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AB 437 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69001
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
Gray — Yea
Linder — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Low — Yea
Lopez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Cooley — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Daly — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 437 do?
Existing law provides for several programs supporting small businesses, including the Office of Small Business Advocate, the duties of director of which include, among other things, representing the views and interests of small businesses before other state agencies whose policies and activities may affect small businesses. The Personal Income Tax Law imposes taxes on taxable income at specified rates based upon the amount of taxable income. The Corporation Tax Law imposes taxes upon, according to, or measured by, net income, as specified. The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in modified conformity to a credit allowed under federal law, allow a credit against taxes imposed by those laws for increasing research expenses, as defined. Existing law allows a taxpayer to carryover any excess amounts of that credit to succeeding taxable years, until the credit is exhausted. This bill would, beginning January 1, 2017, and ending January 1, 2024, establish the Research and Development-Small Business Grant Program, which would provide qualified small businesses, as defined, grants in amounts equal to either 10% or 15% of any excess credit amount attributable to the small business for specified years under the credit described above. This bill would continuously appropriate moneys from the General Fund to award these grants, in specified amounts per calendar year, to be allocated by the Franchise Tax Board. This bill would specify that any grant money received by a qualified small business would be excluded from its income and would provide that any excess credit amount attributable to the qualified small business would be reduced by the amount allowed as a grant.
Who sponsors AB 437?
AB 437 is sponsored by Atkins and Mullin.
What is the current status of AB 437?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 437?
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