republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1561.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxpayer contributions: California firefighters' and peace officer memorial funds."
description: "The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her tax liability for the support of specified funds, including, among others, the California Firefighters' Memorial Fund and the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Fund. Existing law provides for the repeal of the contribution provisions for these funds on January 1, 2016."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1561"
citation: "California AB 1561 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxpayer contributions: California firefighters' and peace officer memorial funds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-01-29"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eddb8bb-5817-49c3-89c9-c080c8cdda64"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1561"
source_hash: "a3aeba2d03c81bd9d669e7fe912c847803319581706a5574a31953da2af8a01b"
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 1561 (20132014) — Taxpayer contributions: California firefighters' and peace officer memorial funds.

The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her tax liability for the support of specified funds, including, among others, the California Firefighters' Memorial Fund and the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Fund. Existing law provides for the repeal of the contribution provisions for these funds on January 1, 2016.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1561&version=20130AB156199INT)
2. **04/02/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1561&version=20130AB156198AMD)
3. **07/16/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1561&version=20130AB156196CHP)
4. **AB1561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1561)
5. **07/09/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1561&version=20130AB156197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #18 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1561 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Frazier — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** From consent calendar.
- **2014-04-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4591.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4255.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7eddb8bb-5817-49c3-89c9-c080c8cdda64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).