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Home/Bills/AB 397California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
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AB 397: Personal Income Tax Law: young child tax credit.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified February 3, 2026

What AB 397 does, verified February 3, 2026

This bill amends the personal income tax law to expand the young child tax credit to a wider age range. Starting from 2025, a child under a specified age as of the last day of the taxable year is considered a qualifying child. The bill also increases payments from the tax relief and refund account to make an appropriation. The new tax expenditure will be subject to specific goals, performance indicators, and data collection requirements.

Bill journey
IntroducedComplete
2In CommitteeCurrent
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. (2026-02-02)Alert me
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Sabrina CervantesPatrick AhrensJasmeet Kaur BainsBlanca RubioMia BontaSade ElhawaryLiz OrtegaRhodesia RansomChris RogersPilar SchiavoLola Smallwood-CuevasJose Luis Solache
Recent actions13 total · showing 5
Feb. 02, 2026From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Jan. 31, 2026Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
May. 23, 2025In committee: Held under submission.
May. 21, 2025Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
May. 21, 2025Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
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