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CA Film & TV Tax Credit Expansion Bills Clear State Assembly, Senate Committees: “Motion Picture’s Last Hope For California” — Update


The California Senate is expected to vote AB1138's sister bill out of committee on Wednesday

The bill, sponsored by Assemblymembers Rick Chavez Zbur and Isaac Bryan, was approved with seven “yeses” from the present committee members. The Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee vote comes after lawmakers were flooded with pleas from Hollywood production workers over the last week. In addition to industry leaders providing witness testimony, dozens of production workers were present in Sacramento to voice support for the bill.

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