---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Emergency Food Assistance Program."
description: "The Personal Income Tax Law allows taxpayers, until January 1, 2014, to designate on their tax returns that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be contributed to the Emergency Food Assistance Program, unless repealed earlier for failure to meet annual minimum contribution amounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "California SB 116 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Emergency Food Assistance Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-01-16"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9374b808-5d25-4c9a-baf5-f2ea3fc7ac85"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB116"
source_hash: "6709adcd8adb08eb33261796d2f1e76640fa96abdc8b540d90ae36f2931d932c"
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 SB 116 (20132014) — Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Emergency Food Assistance Program.

The Personal Income Tax Law allows taxpayers, until January 1, 2014, to designate on their tax returns that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be contributed to the Emergency Food Assistance Program, unless repealed earlier for failure to meet annual minimum contribution amounts.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/16/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB116&version=20130SB11699INT)
2. **04/16/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB116&version=20130SB11698AMD)
3. **06/12/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB116&version=20130SB11697AMD)
4. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB116&version=20130SB11695CHP)
5. **SB116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB116)
6. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB116&version=20130SB11696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB116 Liu Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 116 Liu Senate Third Reading By BOCANEGRA — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 16.
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 484.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2013-04-29** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-30** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 816.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 904.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** From consent calendar.
- **2013-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2600.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1946.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 222, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9374b808-5d25-4c9a-baf5-f2ea3fc7ac85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).