Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund.
Existing law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her personal income tax liability for the support of specified funds, including the School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund. Existing law requires the moneys deposited in the School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be allocated to the State Department of Social Services for distribution to a designated nonprofit organization for the sole purpose of assisting pupils in California pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as provided. Existing law provides that this voluntary contribution remain in effect only until January 1 of the 5th taxable year in which the fund appears on the tax return or when the amount of contributions by taxpayers does not meet the minimum contribution amount, whichever occurs first.
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AB 1789
California AB 1789 (20152016)
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Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund.
California AB 1789 (20152016) — Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund.
Existing law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her personal income tax liability for the support of specified funds, including the School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund. Existing law requires the moneys deposited in the School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be allocated to the State Department of Social Services for distribution to a designated nonprofit organization for the sole purpose of assisting pupils in California pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as provided. Existing law provides that this voluntary contribution remain in effect only until January 1 of the 5th taxable year in which the fund appears on the tax return or when the amount of contributions by taxpayers does not meet the minimum contribution amount, whichever occurs first.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1789 Santiago By Liu — 38–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1789 SANTIAGO Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1789 SANTIAGO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Santiago — primary (person)
Beall — coauthor (person)
Block — coauthor (person)
Chiu — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
Kim — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Liu — coauthor (person)
McCarty — coauthor (person)
Olsen — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
2016-02-18 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2016-03-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-03-17 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2016-04-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-05-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4869.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-26 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4980.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6041.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2016-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 447, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa7a6316-3972-4db4-8f01-1f24ca2c7e08. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).