republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-971.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: California Sea Otter Fund.	The Personal Income Tax Law allows, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2006, and before January 1, 2011, individual taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of the California Sea Otter Fund.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 971	California AB 971 (20112012)	bill	Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: California Sea Otter Fund.	enacted	Monning	6	23	5	2011-02-18	2011-09-01	openstates	ocd-bill/20f31677-dbad-44a0-895d-0aef52022d51	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB971	5faa8aefa3c531441618c44adca39c784fa2d9579087150eaccab8d132584928	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 971 (20112012) — Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: California Sea Otter Fund.

The Personal Income Tax Law allows, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2006, and before January 1, 2011, individual taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of the California Sea Otter Fund.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB971 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/24/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 971 MONNING Assembly Third Reading — 72–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB971 Monning By Simitian — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Monning — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2011-03-10 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2011-04-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2011-04-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 1657.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2011-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-15 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2011-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 2009.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2011-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2011-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 209, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20f31677-dbad-44a0-895d-0aef52022d51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).