republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-164.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: State Children's Trust Fund: Rare and Endangered Species Preservation Program: extension."
description: "The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes individual taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds or accounts, including, among others, the State Children's Trust Fund for the Prevention of Child Abuse and the Rare and Endangered Species Preservation Program. That law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2013, or earlier if specified minimum contributions are not received."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "California SB 164 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: State Children's Trust Fund: Rare and Endangered Species Preservation Program: extension."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-02"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6675f29c-2158-42fd-8818-6e200a3d831e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB164"
source_hash: "e3df90be9cad1522cb00bfb3cdd14981514d99e18a42394a2bc25f8ab06bff5f"
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 SB 164 (20112012) — Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: State Children's Trust Fund: Rare and Endangered Species Preservation Program: extension.

The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes individual taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds or accounts, including, among others, the State Children's Trust Fund for the Prevention of Child Abuse and the Rare and Endangered Species Preservation Program. That law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2013, or earlier if specified minimum contributions are not received.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB164&version=20110SB16499INT)
2. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB164&version=20110SB16497CHP)
3. **SB164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB164)
4. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB164&version=20110SB16498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 164 Simitian Senate Third Reading By PEREA — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2011-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 430.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-11** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 1113.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 1222.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2741.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 699, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6675f29c-2158-42fd-8818-6e200a3d831e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).