republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-490.md

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Bill	Taxation: credits: College Access Tax Credit.	The law governing the taxation of insurers, the Personal Income Tax Law, and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws, including a credit, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, equal to 50% of a contribution to the College Access Tax Credit Fund, as provided. Those laws specify that the moneys in the College Access Tax Credit Fund shall be allocated first to the General Fund, then, upon appropriation, to specified agencies for administrative costs related to this credit, and lastly continuously appropriated to the Student Aid Commission for awarding Cal Grants, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 490	California AB 490 (20172018)	bill appropriation	Taxation: credits: College Access Tax Credit.	enacted	Quirk-Silva	8	27	8	2017-02-13	2017-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1d37e033-faf9-4c2e-9893-498bbaed9c9f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB490	fac649b89d70f80601bad28d15901a3ee25685d548f5c78c91768b969b329288	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 490 (20172018) — Taxation: credits: College Access Tax Credit.

The law governing the taxation of insurers, the Personal Income Tax Law, and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws, including a credit, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, equal to 50% of a contribution to the College Access Tax Credit Fund, as provided. Those laws specify that the moneys in the College Access Tax Credit Fund shall be allocated first to the General Fund, then, upon appropriation, to specified agencies for administrative costs related to this credit, and lastly continuously appropriated to the Student Aid Commission for awarding Cal Grants, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/06/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/26/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/27/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/06/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB490 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 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
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB490 Quirk-Silva By Leyva — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 490 QUIRK-SILVA Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 490 QUIRK-SILVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Quirk-Silva — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2017-02-27 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2017-03-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-03-20 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
• 2017-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-06 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1929.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2017-06-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-07-10 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2506.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3106.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 527, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d37e033-faf9-4c2e-9893-498bbaed9c9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).