Income tax: credits: food banks.
Summary
The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws, including, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2027, a credit for qualified taxpayers in an amount equal to 15% of the qualified value of fresh fruits or vegetables and specified raw agricultural products or processed foods donated to a food bank. This bill would extend the authorization for those tax credits for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2032. Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. For purposes of complying with these requirements, existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the utilization of the credit on or before December 1 of each year until January 1, 2026. This bill would extend that reporting requirement to December 1, 2035. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025
Last action Jun 30, 2026
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Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
May 29, 2025
D
Democratic30
93% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Jun 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
June 29 hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
lower
Jun 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
lower
Jun 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
lower
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1325.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1197.) (May 23).
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1082.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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