---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franchise Tax Board: refunds: direct deposit: taxpayer form instructions."
description: "Existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to make a refund to a taxpayer of any overpayment of taxes. Existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to revise returns to allow a taxpayer to designate more than one account for direct deposit of a refund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1796"
citation: "California AB 1796 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Franchise Tax Board: refunds: direct deposit: taxpayer form instructions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linder"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6efbef17-8c90-4c38-936f-63036a74b893"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1796"
source_hash: "1140c4aa4372a7ac2ca9730de7cc9b49e5f6337b4fc053249a7648aabf569dc1"
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 1796 (20132014) — Franchise Tax Board: refunds: direct deposit: taxpayer form instructions.

Existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to make a refund to a taxpayer of any overpayment of taxes. Existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to revise returns to allow a taxpayer to designate more than one account for direct deposit of a refund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1796&version=20130AB179699INT)
2. **04/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1796&version=20130AB179698AMD)
3. **07/16/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1796&version=20130AB179696CHP)
4. **AB1796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1796)
5. **07/09/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1796&version=20130AB179697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1796 LINDER Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linder — primary (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-07** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4972.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4253.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6efbef17-8c90-4c38-936f-63036a74b893`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).