AB 2465: State government: benefits.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2026-04-06
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-04-09: Measure version as amended on April 6 corrected.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Enacted
Existing law generally provides various benefits, including grant programs and tax credits. Existing law, the California Values Act, generally prohibits California law enforcement agencies from using their moneys or personnel for immigration enforcement purposes, except as specified.
This bill would prohibit an a business entity that contracts with the federal government for immigration enforcement purposes, as specified, from receiving any state-provided benefit, subsidy, grant, loan, or tax credit. credit, as specified. The bill would establish the California Immigrant Resilience Fund and would require the Controller to transfer each year from the General Fund to the California Immigrant Resilience Fund the amount of tax collected that is attributable to business entities being made ineligible for tax credits by this bill. The bill would make moneys in the fund available upon appropriation by the Legislature for immigration-related services and programs.
This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 2/3 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.