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Weinstein: California repealed state diaper tax in January 2020

Nora Weinstein · Inside Baby2Baby's response to California's devastating wildfires | Masters of Scale · Jul 3, 2025 · at 28:53

Baby2Baby co-CEO Nora Weinstein describes the outcome of their legislative advocacy campaign in Sacramento.

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“In the January of 2022, 2020, Diaper tax was repealed for the first time in state history in California.”

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California repealed its state diaper tax for the first time in state history in January 2020.

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Assessment

Official California legislative and tax administrative records confirm that on June 27, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 92 into law, establishing Section 6363.9 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. The statute exempted children's diapers from state sales and use taxes effective January 1, 2020. As confirmed by the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), diapers had continuously been subject to state sales taxes prior to this enactment, making the January 1, 2020 effective date the first time in California state history that a sales tax exemption for diapers took effect.

California Senate Bill 92 (Stats. 2019, Ch. 34) added Section 6363.9 to the California Revenue and Taxation Code, exempting qualifying infant and toddler diapers from sales and use taxes.
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) confirmed that the diaper sales tax exemption took effect on January 1, 2020.
A May 2019 Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) report documented that diapers had historically been subject to standard sales and use taxes without prior statutory exemption in California.

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California diapers sales and use tax exemption effective January 1 2020 CDTFA California budget bill diapers sales tax January 2020 Senate Bill 92 California diaper sales tax exemption January 1 2020 history California sales tax exemption diapers first time in state history 2020

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