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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 139

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Relating to: a tax credit for relocating to this state due to Hurricane Helene or the Los Angeles wildfires. (FE)

Citizenship Fire Income tax — Credit Interstate relations Natural disaster

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for U.S. citizens who resided in the County of Los Angeles, California, or North Carolina up until the Los Angeles wildfires of 2025 or Hurricane Helene of 2024 and who moved to this state due to either of those disasters. The amount of the credit is $10,000 and the credit is effective for tax year 2025. No person who has been convicted of a felony may claim the credit.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Krug (R) , Melotik (R) , Mursau (R) , Rodriguez (R)

1 cosponsors

Feyen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Jobs and Economy, Ayes 7, Noes 3

Passed 7–3 Jun 6, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Jobs and Economy, Ayes 7, Noes 3

Passed 7–3 Jun 6, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Jobs and Economy, Ayes 7, Noes 3

Passed 7–3 Jun 6, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Dittrich, Krug, Melotik, Mursau and Rodriguez; cosponsored by Senator Feyen

  2. Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and Economy

  3. Mar 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Duchow

  6. May 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Duchow

  7. Jun 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Jobs and Economy, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  10. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Jobs and Economy, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  11. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Jobs and Economy, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  12. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1