Personal Income Tax Law: exclusion: student loan debt forgiveness.
Summary
The Personal Income Tax Law provides for various exclusions from gross income, including an exclusion for the amount of student loan indebtedness repaid or canceled pursuant to a specified federal law. This bill would exclude from gross income the amount of student loan indebtedness discharged on or after January 1, 2015, and before January 1, 2020, for an eligible individual who is granted a discharge under specified conditions, as provided. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2015
Committee Review
Sep 2015
Senate Passage
Sep 2015
Assembly Passage
Sep 2015
Signed into Law
Oct 2015
Introduced Jan 29, 2015
Signed Oct 8, 2015
Floor votes · Senate Sep 1, 2015 · Assembly Sep 12, 2015
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Sep 1, 2015
D
Democratic23
100% Yea
R
Republican10
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
8
Committee
12
Amendments
2
Oct 8, 2015
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Sep 12, 2015
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (71-0-1)
assembly
Sep 11, 2015
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Sep 11, 2015
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Sep 11, 2015
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
lower
Sep 11, 2015
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 11).
lower
Sep 11, 2015
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Sep 10, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
lower
Sep 1, 2015
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-0-1)
senate
Aug 27, 2015
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2216.) (August 27).
upper
Jul 1, 2015
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1733.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 22, 2015
Committee
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
upper
Jun 18, 2015
Upper · Passed
June 24 hearing postponed by committee.
upper
Jun 4, 2015
Committee
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
upper
May 28, 2015
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
upper
May 14, 2015
Committee
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
Feb 19, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
Jan 29, 2015
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Janet Nguyen
RRepublican
Co
Andy Vidak
RRepublican
Co
Bob Huff
RRepublican
Co
Cristina Garcia
DDemocratic
Co
Devon Mathis
RRepublican
Co
Jean Fuller
RRepublican
Co
KO
Kristin Olsen
RRepublican
Co
Mike Morrell
RRepublican
Co
Patricia C. Bates
RRepublican
Co
RJ
Rocky J. Chávez
RRepublican
Co
William P. Brough
RRepublican
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