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Bill	Income taxation: savings plans: Qualified ABLE Program.	The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in specified conformity with federal income tax laws regarding qualified tuition programs, provide that distributions from a qualified tuition program are generally not included in the income of the donor or the beneficiary, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 324	California SB 324 (20152016)	bill	Income taxation: savings plans: Qualified ABLE Program.	enacted	Pavley	8	31	8	2015-02-23	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/51e5a348-68d6-4808-a58b-791041fa735b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB324	ebbf8199ea913883def5190b1e29c234d39d4b73532f41535243d49677c635ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 324 (20152016) — Income taxation: savings plans: Qualified ABLE Program.

The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in specified conformity with federal income tax laws regarding qualified tuition programs, provide that distributions from a qualified tuition program are generally not included in the income of the donor or the beneficiary, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/15/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/04/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB324 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB324 Pavley Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 324 Pavley Senate Third Reading By IRWIN — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pavley — primary (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Irwin — principal coauthor (person)
• Kim — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 524.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2015-04-27 April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1151.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1200.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-15 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2015-07-13 July 13 set for first hearing. Placed on REV. & TAX. suspense file.
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-19 August 19 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-08-26 August 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-08-27 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2953.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2664.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 p.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 796, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51e5a348-68d6-4808-a58b-791041fa735b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).