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type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax: CalFile: online tax filing: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance."
description: "Existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to make available to taxpayers tax forms to allow taxpayers to file returns under the Personal Income Tax Law and Corporation Tax Law. The Franchise Tax Board allows taxpayers to file their taxes through the Franchise Tax Board's internet website via the CalFile program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1863"
citation: "California AB 1863 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Income tax: CalFile: online tax filing: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eac4765-e4df-4455-8869-ce5ea33d49b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1863"
source_hash: "c08f94c9db55c6a99099b537e497d84d891f14787d831a8d40906648c627ceac"
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 1863 (20212022) — Income tax: CalFile: online tax filing: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance.
Existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to make available to taxpayers tax forms to allow taxpayers to file returns under the Personal Income Tax Law and Corporation Tax Law. The Franchise Tax Board allows taxpayers to file their taxes through the Franchise Tax Board's internet website via the CalFile program.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/08/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1863&version=20210AB186399INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1863&version=20210AB186398AMD)
3. **04/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1863&version=20210AB186397AMD)
4. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1863&version=20210AB186396AMD)
5. **06/09/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1863&version=20210AB186395AMD)
6. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1863&version=20210AB186393CHP)
7. **AB1863** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1863)
8. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1863&version=20210AB186394ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1863 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **661** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **124** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **81** (pass) · lower
- AB 1863 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — **593** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1863 Irwin By Caballero — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Irwin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2022-03-24** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 3.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4942.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-23** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
- **2022-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 1. Page 6063.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 953, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eac4765-e4df-4455-8869-ce5ea33d49b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).