republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-149.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal income taxes: Habitat for Humanity Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund."
description: "Existing law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her personal income tax liability for the support of specified funds. Under existing law, there are general administrative provisions applicable to these voluntary contributions, which, among other things, provide for the disbursement of contributions following repeal of the fund provisions and require undesignated funds to be transferred to the General Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 149"
citation: "California AB 149 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Personal income taxes: Habitat for Humanity Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ae7ba41-4a45-4979-908b-891e5ee50bcd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB149"
source_hash: "43a3306b4a6999f450c76b4b89a314f4bbacfdea57a6d4e5baeb73a60e82fed9"
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 149 (20172018) — Personal income taxes: Habitat for Humanity Voluntary Tax Contribution 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. Under existing law, there are general administrative provisions applicable to these voluntary contributions, which, among other things, provide for the disbursement of contributions following repeal of the fund provisions and require undesignated funds to be transferred to the General Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB149&version=20170AB14999INT)
2. **06/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB149&version=20170AB14998AMD)
3. **07/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB149&version=20170AB14997AMD)
4. **10/02/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB149&version=20170AB14995CHP)
5. **AB149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB149)
6. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB149&version=20170AB14996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 149 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB149 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 149 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-03-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 1. Page 718.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-28** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-06-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2349.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2912.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ae7ba41-4a45-4979-908b-891e5ee50bcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).