republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-754.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income taxes: voluntary contributions: California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account."
description: "The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes individuals to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds. Existing law creates the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account in the California Environmental License Plate Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 754"
citation: "California AB 754 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Income taxes: voluntary contributions: California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2189fedd-682f-455b-bf8b-627fe0c74e8a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB754"
source_hash: "f3a99ec2f9bf602e6bddf595b2c390197c8c01d2e4c8dc41b80d87ca22d13a36"
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 754 (20132014) — Income taxes: voluntary contributions: California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account.

The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes individuals to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds. Existing law creates the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB754&version=20130AB75499INT)
2. **03/14/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB754&version=20130AB75498AMD)
3. **04/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB754&version=20130AB75497AMD)
4. **04/29/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB754&version=20130AB75496AMD)
5. **05/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB754&version=20130AB75495AMD)
6. **09/20/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB754&version=20130AB75493CHP)
7. **AB754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB754)
8. **08/28/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB754&version=20130AB75494ENR)

## Votes

- AB 754 MURATSUCHI Assembly Third Reading — **70–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB754 Muratsuchi By Pavley — **33–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Muratsuchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-14** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** From consent calendar.
- **2013-05-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-05-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1522.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 1560.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 1979.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 323, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2189fedd-682f-455b-bf8b-627fe0c74e8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).