republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2900.md

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Bill	Income taxation: credits: California Competes Tax Credit Committee: GO-Biz.	Existing law allows a credit against the taxes imposed under the Corporation Tax Law and the Personal Income Tax Law for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and before January 1, 2025, in an amount as provided in a written agreement between the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development and the taxpayer, agreed upon by the California Competes Tax Credit Committee, and based on specified factors, including the number of jobs the taxpayer will create or retain in the state and the amount of investment in the state by the taxpayer. Existing law limits the aggregate amount of credit that may be allocated in a fiscal year. Existing law requires the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to post on its Internet Web site specified information, including the name of each taxpayer allocated a credit, the estimated number of jobs created or retained and the amount of investment by the taxpayer, the amount of credit allocated to the taxpayer, and, if applicable, the amount of credit recaptured from the taxpayer.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2900	California AB 2900 (20152016)	bill	Income taxation: credits: California Competes Tax Credit Committee: GO-Biz.	enacted	Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy	8	28	9	2016-03-03	2016-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/43b1f7c9-582d-4c64-afe9-8aeb189526d4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2900	e97a5ba299f10aabd7a8f585c0bb7cea085cf04c5e103a9a40d6a5e58b94b01e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2900 (20152016) — Income taxation: credits: California Competes Tax Credit Committee: GO-Biz.

Existing law allows a credit against the taxes imposed under the Corporation Tax Law and the Personal Income Tax Law for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and before January 1, 2025, in an amount as provided in a written agreement between the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development and the taxpayer, agreed upon by the California Competes Tax Credit Committee, and based on specified factors, including the number of jobs the taxpayer will create or retain in the state and the amount of investment in the state by the taxpayer. Existing law limits the aggregate amount of credit that may be allocated in a fiscal year. Existing law requires the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to post on its Internet Web site specified information, including the name of each taxpayer allocated a credit, the estimated number of jobs created or retained and the amount of investment by the taxpayer, the amount of credit allocated to the taxpayer, and, if applicable, the amount of credit recaptured from the taxpayer.

Version chain

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

1. 03/03/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/12/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/27/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/24/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2900 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2900 Committee On J., E.D., & E. (Garcia, E.) By Hill — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2900 J., E.D. & E. Assembly Third Reading By GARCIA, E. — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2900 J., E.D. & E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GARCIA, E. — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-03-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-03-04 From printer. May be heard in committee April 3.
• 2016-03-28 Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2016-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5111.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2016-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5345.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-29 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6328.)
• 2016-08-30 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage
• 2016-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6526.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2016-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 582, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43b1f7c9-582d-4c64-afe9-8aeb189526d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).