---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: California YMCA Youth and Government Fund."
description: "The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 233"
citation: "California AB 233 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: California YMCA Youth and Government Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-02"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5470492d-4fc5-48ca-879d-c12318618dd3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB233"
source_hash: "aa9d2e8b4bc32d783814d66faf3a10f96897635b91de861b50051d3a74e8d9a9"
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 233 (20112012) — Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: California YMCA Youth and Government Fund.

The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB233&version=20110AB23399INT)
2. **03/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB233&version=20110AB23398AMD)
3. **06/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB233&version=20110AB23397AMD)
4. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB233&version=20110AB23396AMD)
5. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB233&version=20110AB23394CHP)
6. **AB233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB233)
7. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB233&version=20110AB23395ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB233 Hall By Lowenthal — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 233 HALL Assembly Third Reading — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 233 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 1644.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-29** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 4440.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 5882.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 228, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5470492d-4fc5-48ca-879d-c12318618dd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).