---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal income taxes: contributions: California Breast Cancer Research Fund: California Cancer Research Fund."
description: "Personal Income Tax Law allows taxpayers, until January 1, 2013, to designate on their tax returns that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be contributed to the California Breast Cancer Research Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1359"
citation: "California SB 1359 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal income taxes: contributions: California Breast Cancer Research Fund: California Cancer Research Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/405ef2e0-6bf6-47dd-b423-5be7f350525b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1359"
source_hash: "3ded655e4d5b567e150d8ac03753b13f8a53d86e2b42a4d6620bfffc4373cdd0"
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 1359 (20112012) — Personal income taxes: contributions: California Breast Cancer Research Fund: California Cancer Research Fund.

Personal Income Tax Law allows taxpayers, until January 1, 2013, to designate on their tax returns that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be contributed to the California Breast Cancer Research Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1359&version=20110SB135999INT)
2. **08/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1359&version=20110SB135998AMD)
3. **08/31/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1359&version=20110SB135997AMD)
4. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1359&version=20110SB135995CHP)
5. **SB1359** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1359)
6. **09/10/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1359&version=20110SB135996ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1359 Simitian Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1359 Simitian Senate Third Reading By MITCHELL — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 4 SB1359 Simitian Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3190.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-04-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3427.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5969.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-20** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-20** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2012-08-23** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. (Page 6254.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice (Com. on APPR.) suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6486.)
- **2012-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-31** Read third time and amended. (Page 6750.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6750.)
- **2012-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6751.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5093.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2012-09-12** (Corrected September 11.)
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 456, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/405ef2e0-6bf6-47dd-b423-5be7f350525b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).