--- type: "Bill" title: "One-time stimulus and grant payments: garnishment: exclusion from gross income." description: "Existing law requires the Controller to make a one-time Golden State Stimulus payment to each qualified recipient, as defined, of an applicable amount, as specified, and authorizes the Controller to make the payment in a form and manner determined by the Franchise Tax Board, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Department of Social Services to make a one-time grant payment (Golden State Grant payment) to qualified grant recipients, as defined, of $600, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "AB 88" citation: "California AB 88 (20212022)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["One-time stimulus and grant payments: garnishment: exclusion from gross income."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"] version_count: 7 action_count: 29 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2020-12-07" last_action: "2021-03-17" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f11ea58-33a7-47cc-bc69-c4f84b9c11d6" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB88" source_hash: "fbec6ec7f854e1ec10aac510105de899e821220c556d8a156611bd0a12d172f9" 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 88 (20212022) — One-time stimulus and grant payments: garnishment: exclusion from gross income. Existing law requires the Controller to make a one-time Golden State Stimulus payment to each qualified recipient, as defined, of an applicable amount, as specified, and authorizes the Controller to make the payment in a form and manner determined by the Franchise Tax Board, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Department of Social Services to make a one-time grant payment (Golden State Grant payment) to qualified grant recipients, as defined, of $600, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB88&version=20210AB8899INT) 2. **02/18/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB88&version=20210AB8898AMD) 3. **03/01/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB88&version=20210AB8897AMD) 4. **03/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB88&version=20210AB8896AMD) 5. **03/17/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB88&version=20210AB8894CHP) 6. **AB88** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB88) 7. **03/15/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB88&version=20210AB8895ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB88 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **32–0** (pass) · upper - AB 88 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **48–13** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **14–0** (pass) · upper - AB 88 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **66–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **13–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Committee on Budget — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-12-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2020-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7. - **2021-01-11** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee` - **2021-01-11** Ordered to second reading. - **2021-01-11** (Ayes 46. Noes 13. Page 108.) - **2021-01-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-01-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 13. Page 164.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-01-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2021-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee` - **2021-02-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. - **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-02-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (February 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-02-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-02-24** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-03-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2021-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-03-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2021-03-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-03-15** Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 0.) - **2021-03-15** Ordered to third reading. - **2021-03-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-03-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2021-03-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. - **2021-03-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. - **2021-03-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 649.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-03-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m. - **2021-03-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-03-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 12, Statutes of 2021. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f11ea58-33a7-47cc-bc69-c4f84b9c11d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).