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Home/Bills/AB 97California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
Assembly BillPassed first houseRevenue and Taxation

AB 97: Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: Bobcat Fire: exclusions.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified December 7, 2025

What AB 97 does, verified December 7, 2025

The bill provides an exclusion from gross income for qualified taxpayers who received settlement amounts for costs and losses associated with the 2020 Bobcat Fire in Los Angeles County. This exclusion applies to taxable years starting from 2024 and ending before 2029. The bill also includes additional information and requirements for new tax expenditures, as well as findings and declarations related to a gift of public funds. The bill takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. (2025-05-21)Alert me
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Heather HadwickHeather HadwickSuzette Martinez Valladares
Recent actions16 total · showing 5
Jun. 18, 2025Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
Jun. 05, 2025In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Jun. 04, 2025Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2076.).
Jun. 04, 2025Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.).
May. 27, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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