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Home/Bills/AB 53California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
Assembly BillPassed first houseFish and Game

AB 53: Native American tribes: fish and wildlife: conservation and mitigation lands.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified August 15, 2026

What AB 53 does, verified August 15, 2026

The bill aims to exclude certain retirement pay and annuity payments from personal income tax. For taxable years starting in 2025 and 2030, retirement pay from military service, not exceeding $20,000, is excluded from gross income. Annuity payments from a US Department of Defense survivor benefit plan, also not exceeding $20,000, are also excluded from gross income. The bill makes related findings and declarations, and it takes effect immediately as a tax levy. The bill also includes specific goals, purposes, and objectives, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements, as required by existing law.

Bill journey
IntroducedComplete
In CommitteeComplete
First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: In committee: Held under submission. (2026-08-13)Alert me
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Sabrina CervantesJuan AlanisMarie Alvarado-GilJoaquin ArambulaMarc BermanJuan CarrilloSteven ChoiLaurie DaviesHeath FloraShannon GroveHeather HadwickMonique Limón
Recent actions27 total · showing 5
Aug. 13, 2026In committee: Held under submission.
Aug. 03, 2026In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Jul. 02, 2026Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Jul. 02, 2026From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1).
Jun. 15, 2026Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
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