---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franchise Tax Board: returns: organ donor elections and data sharing."
description: "Existing law requires an individual taxable under the Personal Income Tax Law to make a return to the Franchise Tax Board stating specifically the items of the individual's gross income from all sources and the deductions and credits allowable, as prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1268"
citation: "California AB 1268 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Franchise Tax Board", "organ donor elections and data sharing", "returns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0ef75a0-b0e3-45b3-93f9-d21799d21521"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1268"
source_hash: "3f8790e389dfe52521d327b798d33f968a5b2cf9a33f9111042cd54f9fa699b0"
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 1268 (20232024) — Franchise Tax Board: returns: organ donor elections and data sharing.

Existing law requires an individual taxable under the Personal Income Tax Law to make a return to the Franchise Tax Board stating specifically the items of the individual's gross income from all sources and the deductions and credits allowable, as prescribed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1268&version=20230AB126899INT)
2. **03/27/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1268&version=20230AB126898AMD)
3. **05/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1268&version=20230AB126897AMD)
4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1268&version=20230AB126895CHP)
5. **AB1268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1268)
6. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1268&version=20230AB126896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1268 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1268 Irwin By Blakespear — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1268 Irwin Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1464.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2354.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3029.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0ef75a0-b0e3-45b3-93f9-d21799d21521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).