California Pediatric Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Lee
Last action: 2025-07-28
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 63, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact uses of the funds are not specified in the official source material.

California Pediatric Cancer Research Donation Fund

This law creates a new fund where people can donate extra money from their taxes to support pediatric cancer research.

What This Bill Does

Creates the California Pediatric Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
Allows taxpayers to designate on their tax forms how much extra money they want to give to this fund, beyond what they owe in taxes.
Requires the Franchise Tax Board to add a space for donations to this new fund on tax forms when there is room or another donation option is removed.
Limits the time that people can donate to this fund to seven years after it first appears on tax forms.

Who It Names or Affects

Taxpayers in California who want to support pediatric cancer research through their taxes.

Terms To Know

Franchise Tax Board: The agency that collects state income taxes in California.
Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund: A special fund where people can choose to donate extra money from their taxes for specific causes.

Limits and Unknowns

It is not clear how much money will be raised or what the exact uses of the funds will be.
The law only allows donations for a limited time, ending seven years after it first appears on tax forms.

Bill History

2025-07-28 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 63, Statutes of 2025.
2025-07-28 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-07-15 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2042.).
2025-07-08 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-07-07 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-06-25 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-14 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
2025-05-06 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-05 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1430.)
2025-05-01 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30).
2025-04-22 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-21 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended.
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 7).
2025-03-25 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
2025-02-15 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-02-14 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 703, Lee.
California Pediatric Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
Existing law allows an individual taxpayer to contribute amounts in excess of their personal income tax liability for the support of specified funds and accounts, including, among others, to the California Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
This bill would allow an individual to designate on their tax return that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be transferred to the continuously appropriated California Pediatric Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, which would be created by this bill. The bill would require the Franchise Tax Board to revise the tax
return form to include a space for the designation of contributions to the fund when another voluntary designation is removed from the form or there is space, whichever occurs first. By establishing a new continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require that the above provisions remain operative only until January 1 of the 7th calendar year following the first appearance of the California Pediatric Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund on the tax return, except as specified.

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