---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal income tax: exemption: military death gratuity."
description: "Personal income tax: exemption: military death gratuity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1073"
citation: "California AB 1073 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal income tax: exemption: military death gratuity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e74b4c7-63a1-41ae-a727-04cefe58f21e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1073"
source_hash: "6111a38e108baa341ab1ab220718fc4c226684b431626091076591c5927df8d0"
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 1073 (20032004) — Personal income tax: exemption: military death gratuity.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1073&version=20030AB107399INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1073&version=20030AB107396AMD)
3. **01/06/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1073&version=20030AB107395AMD)
4. **01/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1073&version=20030AB107394AMD)
5. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1073&version=20030AB107398AMD)
6. **05/06/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1073&version=20030AB107397AMD)
7. **08/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1073&version=20030AB107392CHP)
8. **AB1073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1073)
9. **08/10/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1073&version=20030AB107393ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab1073 dutton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1073 dutton consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — author (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Daucher — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Houston — coauthor (person)
- La Suer — author (person)
- Leslie — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Maze — principal coauthor (person)
- Mountjoy — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Parra — author (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4859.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4393.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). Read second time and amended. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e74b4c7-63a1-41ae-a727-04cefe58f21e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).