---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: California Breast Cancer Research Fund."
description: "The Personal Income Tax Law allows taxpayers, until January 1, 2018, 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. The minimum contribution amount is adjusted each year to correct for inflation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1286"
citation: "California AB 1286 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: California Breast Cancer Research Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11807600-c80a-4699-a5ec-4b3f608e139b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1286"
source_hash: "ed3baf1a1d1f3f6cd129129225b13d5407f4334c65446b415fd088da883f8a5a"
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 1286 (20132014) — Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: California Breast Cancer Research Fund.

The Personal Income Tax Law allows taxpayers, until January 1, 2018, 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. The minimum contribution amount is adjusted each year to correct for inflation.

## 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=201320140AB1286&version=20130AB128699INT)
2. **05/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1286&version=20130AB128698AMD)
3. **10/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1286&version=20130AB128696CHP)
4. **AB1286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1286)
5. **09/03/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1286&version=20130AB128697ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1286 Skinner By Jackson — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1286 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Frazier — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 1451.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 1881.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 664, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11807600-c80a-4699-a5ec-4b3f608e139b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).