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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Decedents' estates: smaller estates."
+description: "Existing law establishes simplified procedures for addressing a decedent's estate valued under $100,000, including authorizing the successor of the decedent to collect property due to the decedent without letters of administration or awaiting probate of a will. Existing law excludes certain property from the determination of the value of the estate, including salary or other compensation owed to the decedent, not to exceed $5,000. Existing law permits a court, pursuant to a petition, to determine succession to property in an estate valued under $100,000, as specified. Existing law establishes an affidavit procedure by which a person may be designated as a successor to a decedent to a particular item of real property valued at no more than $20,000. Existing law establishes an affidavit procedure by which a surviving spouse may collect salary or other compensation owed the deceased spouse when the amount does not exceed $5,000, as specified."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20112012"
+identifier: "AB 1305"
+citation: "California AB 1305 (20112012)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Decedents' estates: smaller estates."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huber"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2011-02-18"
+last_action: "2011-07-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/062a9068-42c6-4fbc-91b5-b9cb25b74308"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305"
+source_hash: "b51dc53deb48f6506a9da9d430450ad6e2fd54df003ce81cf05d8a0b8cecf12d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 1305 (20112012) — Decedents' estates: smaller estates.
+
+Existing law establishes simplified procedures for addressing a decedent's estate valued under $100,000, including authorizing the successor of the decedent to collect property due to the decedent without letters of administration or awaiting probate of a will. Existing law excludes certain property from the determination of the value of the estate, including salary or other compensation owed to the decedent, not to exceed $5,000. Existing law permits a court, pursuant to a petition, to determine succession to property in an estate valued under $100,000, as specified. Existing law establishes an affidavit procedure by which a person may be designated as a successor to a decedent to a particular item of real property valued at no more than $20,000. Existing law establishes an affidavit procedure by which a surviving spouse may collect salary or other compensation owed the deceased spouse when the amount does not exceed $5,000, as specified.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305&version=20110AB130599INT)
+2. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305&version=20110AB130598AMD)
+3. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305&version=20110AB130596CHP)
+4. **AB1305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305)
+5. **07/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305&version=20110AB130597ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Special Consent #5 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1305 HUBER Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1305 HUBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huber — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
+- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 910.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2011-06-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2011-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1573.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2011-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 2158.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2011-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
+- **2011-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2011-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 117, Statutes of 2011.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/062a9068-42c6-4fbc-91b5-b9cb25b74308`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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