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 02/18/25 - Introduced

 AB-781 Charges: health savings accounts: electricity.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 03/28/2025 09:00 PM

AB781:v98#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 28, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 781

Introduced by Assembly Member DeMaio

February 18, 2025

An act relating to taxation. An act to amend Sections 739.1, 2827.1, and 2851 of, and to repeal Section 739.9 of, the Public Utilities Code, and to amend Sections 17072, 17131.4, 17131.5, 17215.1, and 17215.4 of, and to add and repeal Section 17217 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 781, as amended, DeMaio.
 Taxes and fees. Charges: health savings accounts: electricity.

(1) Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt new, or expand existing, fixed charges, as defined, for the purpose of collecting a reasonable portion of the fixed costs of providing electrical service to residential customers. Under existing law, the commission may authorize fixed charges for any rate schedule applicable to a residential customer account. Existing law requires the commission, no later than July 1, 2024, to authorize a fixed charge for default residential rates on an income-graduated basis, as provided. Existing law requires increases to electrical rates and charges in rate design proceedings to be reasonable and subject to a
 reasonable phase-in schedule relative to the rates and charges in effect before January 1, 2014.

This bill would repeal those provisions relating to fixed charges and rate increases.

(2) The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes various deductions in computing income that is subject to tax under that law.

This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2031, would allow a deduction in computing adjusted gross income in connection with health savings accounts in modified conformity with federal law. In general, the deduction would be an amount equal to the aggregate amount paid in cash during the taxable year by, or on behalf of, an eligible individual, as defined, to a health savings account of that individual, as provided. The bill, for taxable years beginning on or
 after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2031, would also provide related conformity to that federal law with respect to the allowance of rollovers from Archer Medical Savings Accounts, health flexible spending arrangements, or health reimbursement accounts to a health savings account, and penalties in connection therewith.

Existing law imposes various taxes and fees that are administered and collected by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and the Franchise Tax Board.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation eliminating, reducing, and restricting taxes and fees.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 NOYES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Stop Taxing Us Act of 2025.

SEC. 2.

 Section 739.1 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

739.1.

 (a) The commission shall continue a program of assistance to low-income electricity and gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline levels, the cost of which shall not be borne solely by any single class of customer. For one-person households, program eligibility shall be based on two-person household guideline levels. The program shall be referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program. The commission shall ensure that the level of discount for low-income electricity and gas customers correctly reflects the level of need.

(b) The commission shall establish rates for CARE program participants, subject to both of the following:

(1) That the commission ensure that low-income ratepayers are not jeopardized or overburdened by monthly energy expenditures, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 382.

(2) That t