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Home/Bills/AB 2186California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
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AB 2186: Personal Income Tax Law: exclusions: reparations programs.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified August 28, 2026

What AB 2186 does, verified August 28, 2026

This bill would exclude reparations benefits or payments from a taxpayer's gross income for taxable years 2027-2032. The bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy and require specific goals, purposes, and objectives, as well as performance indicators and data collection requirements, for any new tax expenditure. The bill also includes additional information requirements for new tax expenditures.

Bill journey
IntroducedComplete
In CommitteeComplete
First Chamber FloorComplete
Second ChamberComplete
5GovernorCurrent
6ChapteredPending
Last action: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. (2026-08-27)Alert me
Recent actions25 total · showing 5
Aug. 27, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Aug. 20, 2026Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 16.).
Aug. 19, 2026In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Aug. 19, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9.).
Aug. 13, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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