---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income taxes: voluntary contributions: Keep Arts in Schools 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: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 571"
citation: "California SB 571 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Income taxes: voluntary contributions: Keep Arts in Schools Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c955433-baa3-46a8-955f-0e9b7b6770d9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB571"
source_hash: "8fc9fa848e570233118f738f9749512f588f068182ad4d28815605e5d5ce7285"
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 571 (20132014) — Income taxes: voluntary contributions: Keep Arts in Schools 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. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB571&version=20130SB57199INT)
2. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB571&version=20130SB57198AMD)
3. **05/14/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB571&version=20130SB57197AMD)
4. **06/25/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB571&version=20130SB57196AMD)
5. **08/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB571&version=20130SB57195AMD)
6. **09/30/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB571&version=20130SB57193CHP)
7. **SB571** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB571)
8. **09/06/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB571&version=20130SB57194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 571 Liu Senate Third Reading By GATTO — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB571 Liu Concurrence — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Arts, Entertain, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2013-04-08** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-09** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-15** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-16** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 752.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 990.) (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 1093.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 2842.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2135.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 430, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c955433-baa3-46a8-955f-0e9b7b6770d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).