SB 63 California Senate · 2019-2020 Regular Session

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, 2019, and before January 1, 2024, for an eligible individual who is granted a discharge under specified conditions, as provided, including that the individual attended a Brightwood College school or a location of The Art Institute of California. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Aug 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Assembly Passage
Sep 2019
Signed into Law
Oct 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019 Signed Oct 2, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2019 · Assembly Sep 10, 2019

How they voted

340
Passed
Total votes 34
May 23, 2019
D Democratic26
26 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Oct 2, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Sep 10, 2019
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (71-0)
assembly
Sep 10, 2019
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2784.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Sep 9, 2019
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Sep 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3177.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Sep 3, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
lower
Aug 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30).
lower
Jul 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Jun 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
lower
May 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1271.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
May 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1089.) (May 16).
upper
May 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 902.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
upper
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors

Sponsors