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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB1481 Income tax: credit: immigration.

Direction

Immigration enforcement otherAI label

Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 90%

Provides a state income tax credit to offset the federal I-130 Petition for Alien Relative filing fee for qualifying low-to-moderate income taxpayers, making legal family-based immigration less expensive.

The specific goal of the credit is to support legal immigration by offsetting the cost of the I-130 filing fee to ensure that excessive expenses do not burden families pursuing lawful unification and by reinforcing the value of legal immigration to our communities and economy.

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Status: Failed

Last action
2026-02-02: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Filed
2025-02-21
Sponsor
David Tangipa R + 1 cosponsor (1 R)
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Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a temporary, income-limited state tax credit that reimburses the federal I-130 filing fee for sponsoring a relative's immigration petition. This subsidizes the cost of a key step in legal family-based immigration, expanding access to the legal immigration process for many families while the income caps and per-year limit impose some restrictions on who qualifies.

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History (12 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-02-02AFrom committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2026-01-31ADied pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
2025-05-05AIn committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
2025-04-29ARe-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
2025-04-28AFrom committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended.
2025-04-07AIn committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file.
2025-03-25ARe-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
2025-03-24AFrom committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-24AReferred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
2025-02-24ARead first time.
2025-02-22AFrom printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21AIntroduced. To print.