--- type: "Bill" title: "Personal Income Tax Law: cancellation of indebtedness: student loan forgiveness." description: "The Personal Income Tax Law provides for various exclusions from gross income." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 1271" citation: "California SB 1271 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Personal Income Tax Law: cancellation of indebtedness: student loan forgiveness."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Evans"] version_count: 6 action_count: 34 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2014-02-21" last_action: "2014-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f517f77-055c-459d-8b78-7f78d69c5481" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1271" source_hash: "8b5ae166c16f8254d7ccb10d80686153431ce8f4ae152345627aa926ccbc690d" 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 1271 (20132014) — Personal Income Tax Law: cancellation of indebtedness: student loan forgiveness. The Personal Income Tax Law provides for various exclusions from gross income. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1271&version=20130SB127199INT) 2. **08/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1271&version=20130SB127198AMD) 3. **08/27/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1271&version=20130SB127197AMD) 4. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1271&version=20130SB127195CHP) 5. **SB1271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1271) 6. **09/05/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1271&version=20130SB127196ENR) ## Votes - SB 1271 Evans Senate Third Reading By YAMADA — **77–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Supp 6 SB1271 Evans Concurrence — **32–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Evans — primary (person) - Leno — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee` - **2014-03-21** Set for hearing April 9. - **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3119.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3187.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee` - **2014-06-09** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 6329.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-22** Ordered to third reading. - **2014-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee` - **2014-08-26** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to the Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee` - **2014-08-26** (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6484.) . - **2014-08-26** Ordered to third reading. - **2014-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee` - **2014-08-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6645.) - **2014-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6717.) - **2014-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6725.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-08-29** In Senate. - **2014-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee` - **2014-08-29** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4995.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-08-29** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 5015.) `committee-passage` - **2014-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4997.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2014-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m. - **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 841, Statutes of 2014. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f517f77-055c-459d-8b78-7f78d69c5481`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).