republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-137.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income taxes: designated contributions: senior citizens."
description: "Income taxes: designated contributions: senior citizens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 137"
citation: "California AB 137 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Income taxes: designated contributions: senior citizens."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-01-16"
last_action: "2003-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/910ca98f-9607-4b03-b8c2-f04ab3115df1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB137"
source_hash: "d431f446b20d8492fbbb4bc3ea42a383709690245fb297c1daa18ab543fdfc8b"
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 137 (20032004) — Income taxes: designated contributions: senior citizens.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/16/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB137&version=20030AB13799INT)
2. **03/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB137&version=20030AB13798AMD)
3. **09/17/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB137&version=20030AB13796CHP)
4. **AB137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB137)
5. **08/25/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB137&version=20030AB13797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 137 correa assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab137 correa by machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Bermudez — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — author (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Daucher — coauthor (person)
- Denham — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — author (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — principal coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — author (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Matthews — coauthor (person)
- Maze — principal coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Montanez — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- Nunez — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Parra — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Spitzer — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 376, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 2130.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1094.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 25. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-03-04** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 3). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-01-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-17** From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.
- **2003-01-16** 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/910ca98f-9607-4b03-b8c2-f04ab3115df1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).