AB 1550: Personal income taxes: deductions: tips: overtime compensation.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows various deductions in calculating taxable income and allows a taxpayer to elect to take a standard deduction in lieu of itemizing deductions. Existing federal income tax law, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2029, allows deductions in determining taxable income, as defined, for amounts equal to the qualified tips, as defined, and qualified overtime compensation, as defined, received by a taxpayer during the taxable year, not to exceed certain amounts, as specified.

This bill would, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2029, conform to federal income tax law with regard to qualified tips and qualified overtime compensation. The bill would, in that regard, allow the above-described deductions to be taken in addition to the standard deduction.

Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.

This bill also would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure.

This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. April 27, 2026In committee: Set, final hearing. Held under submission.
2. April 6, 2026In committee: Set, second hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file.
3. March 17, 2026Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
4. March 16, 2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended.
5. March 16, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
6. February 2, 2026Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
7. January 8, 2026From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
8. January 7, 2026Read first time. To print.