---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income and corporation taxes: charitable contributions: Haiti earthquake victims."
description: "The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in modified conformity to federal income tax laws, allow a charitable contribution deduction in computing tax liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 347"
citation: "California AB 347 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Income and corporation taxes: charitable contributions: Haiti earthquake victims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2010-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51cc267-9a07-4ad6-9108-41e3bb56fe1c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB347"
source_hash: "935b30fa60f8db7661dd4b512d8253c0e938d65080b32c50886d5858b0f0f8ba"
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 347 (20092010) — Income and corporation taxes: charitable contributions: Haiti earthquake victims.

The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in modified conformity to federal income tax laws, allow a charitable contribution deduction in computing tax liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB347&version=20090AB34799INT)
2. **01/27/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB347&version=20090AB34796AMD)
3. **02/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB347&version=20090AB34795AMD)
4. **03/15/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB347&version=20090AB34793CHP)
5. **04/21/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB347&version=20090AB34798AMD)
6. **05/04/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB347&version=20090AB34797AMD)
7. **AB347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB347)
8. **03/04/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB347&version=20090AB34794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 347 BASS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 347 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB347 Bass By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Audra Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Bill Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Blakeslee — coauthor (person)
- Block — principal coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Brownley — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Charles Calderon — principal coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Conway — coauthor (person)
- Cook — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Coto — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- De La Torre — coauthor (person)
- De Leon — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Emmerson — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Feuer — coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Fuentes — coauthor (person)
- Furutani — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Gilmore — coauthor (person)
- Hagman — coauthor (person)
- Hayashi — coauthor (person)
- Hernandez — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Huber — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- John A. Perez — principal coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Logue — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Miller — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Nava — coauthor (person)
- Nestande — coauthor (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Ruskin — coauthor (person)
- Saldana — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
- Tom Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Torres — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)
- Tran — coauthor (person)
- Villines — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Wright — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2009-03-09** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-05** 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** To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Block.
- **2010-01-25** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Block.
- **2010-01-26** From inactive file.
- **2010-01-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-01-27** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-27** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3884.)
- **2010-01-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-01-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 3. Page 3901.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-04** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-09** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2787.)
- **2010-02-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (February 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-02-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-02-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-02-16** (Corrected February 17.)
- **2010-02-16** (Corrected February 18.)
- **2010-02-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2867.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-02-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-03-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4216.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-03-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2010-03-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-03-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 8, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f51cc267-9a07-4ad6-9108-41e3bb56fe1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).