---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation: limited partnerships: income tax: dependent exemption credit: corporation tax apportionment."
description: "(1) The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law impose various taxes, and provide for various credits and penalties and for apportionment of income."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1546"
citation: "California AB 1546 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation: limited partnerships: income tax: dependent exemption credit: corporation tax apportionment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Revenue and Taxation"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-03-05"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbb589ef-7ec2-4e12-b7f0-a44371ef8700"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1546"
source_hash: "c4def94b49df5fb807aed1fb54fa28f8f745f8237907c006ea562b3626f544ed"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1546 (20092010) — Taxation: limited partnerships: income tax: dependent exemption credit: corporation tax apportionment.

(1) The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law impose various taxes, and provide for various credits and penalties and for apportionment of income.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **03/05/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1546&version=20090AB154699INT)
2. **05/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1546&version=20090AB154698AMD)
3. **06/30/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1546&version=20090AB154697AMD)
4. **08/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1546&version=20090AB154696AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1546&version=20090AB154694CHP)
6. **AB1546** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1546)
7. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1546&version=20090AB154695ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1546 Committee on REV. & TAX. (Caldero By Wolk — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1546 REV.& TAX. Assembly Third Reading By CALDERON — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1546 REV.& TAX. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By CALDERON — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Revenue and Taxation — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-03-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-06** From printer. May be heard in committee April 5.
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 1755.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2124.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 3122.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 544, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbb589ef-7ec2-4e12-b7f0-a44371ef8700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).