republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1088.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxpayer contributions: California Veterans Homes Fund."
description: "Under existing law regulating the administration of the Personal Income Tax Law, individual taxpayers are allowed to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds or accounts, including, among others, the Veterans' Quality of Life Fund. Existing law requires the expenditure of all moneys contributed to the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for administrative costs and for distribution into the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Fund for each of the veterans homes, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1088"
citation: "California AB 1088 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxpayer contributions: California Veterans Homes Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fletcher"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8c0c3ab-156c-4639-b5aa-a96cf2e89c66"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1088"
source_hash: "85a1c11681258cee0debc1eb39083a432d763fca404c01f4de574bbfbf64caab"
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 1088 (20092010) — Taxpayer contributions: California Veterans Homes Fund.

Under existing law regulating the administration of the Personal Income Tax Law, individual taxpayers are allowed to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds or accounts, including, among others, the Veterans' Quality of Life Fund. Existing law requires the expenditure of all moneys contributed to the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for administrative costs and for distribution into the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Fund for each of the veterans homes, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1088&version=20090AB108899INT)
2. **01/04/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1088&version=20090AB108898AMD)
3. **01/11/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1088&version=20090AB108897AMD)
4. **01/25/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1088&version=20090AB108896AMD)
5. **03/01/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1088&version=20090AB108895AMD)
6. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1088&version=20090AB108893CHP)
7. **AB1088** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1088)
8. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1088&version=20090AB108894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1088 FLETCHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1088 Fletcher By Denham — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1088 FLETCHER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fletcher — primary (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Conway — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Gilmore — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Nestande — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Perez — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. by unanimous consent, and then be re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. by unanimous consent, and then be re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-11** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2010-01-11** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3746.)
- **2010-01-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-12** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (January 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-01-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-01-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3898.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on V.A. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 4673.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6468.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 355, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8c0c3ab-156c-4639-b5aa-a96cf2e89c66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).