Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Prevention of Animal Homelessness and Cruelty Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
Existing law allows an individual, until specified conditions are met, or until January 1, 2022, to designate on the individual's personal income tax return that a specified amount in excess of the individual's tax liability be contributed to the Prevention of Animal Homelessness and Cruelty Fund. Existing law requires that money contributed to the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be allocated to, among others, the Department of Food and Agriculture to, among other things, through the distribution of competitive grants, distribute up to $250,000 to a city, county, or city and county animal control agency or shelter, as specified, for the purpose of supporting spay and neuter activities by that entity to prevent and eliminate cat and dog homelessness. Existing law requires that contributions to the Prevention of Animal Homelessness and Cruelty Fund equal or exceed a $250,000 minimum contribution amount for a calendar year, which is required to be adjusted for inflation, in order to continue appearing on the tax return.
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California Legislature
20192020
SB 637
California SB 637 (20192020)
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Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Prevention of Animal Homelessness and Cruelty Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
California SB 637 (20192020) — Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Prevention of Animal Homelessness and Cruelty Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
Existing law allows an individual, until specified conditions are met, or until January 1, 2022, to designate on the individual's personal income tax return that a specified amount in excess of the individual's tax liability be contributed to the Prevention of Animal Homelessness and Cruelty Fund. Existing law requires that money contributed to the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be allocated to, among others, the Department of Food and Agriculture to, among other things, through the distribution of competitive grants, distribute up to $250,000 to a city, county, or city and county animal control agency or shelter, as specified, for the purpose of supporting spay and neuter activities by that entity to prevent and eliminate cat and dog homelessness. Existing law requires that contributions to the Prevention of Animal Homelessness and Cruelty Fund equal or exceed a $250,000 minimum contribution amount for a calendar year, which is required to be adjusted for inflation, in order to continue appearing on the tax return.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
SB 637 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Maienschein — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent SB637 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
McGuire — primary (person)
Levine — coauthor (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2019-04-04 Set for hearing April 10.
2019-04-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 714.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-12 Set for hearing April 22.
2019-04-22 April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1106.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1280.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3172.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-09 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2019-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 327, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01253204-c02f-4c83-9bf9-400738deb694. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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