---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and trusts."
description: "Estates and trusts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 239"
citation: "California AB 239 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and trusts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaloogian"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-01-28"
last_action: "1999-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/045dfbf2-9c5b-4183-b4a2-45a6628dc7f6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB239"
source_hash: "563bbf2f94ac838a4d398b4a12aaf8b4a8d2a5984174505bbbcb7a1560504124"
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 239 (19992000) — Estates and trusts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/28/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB239&version=19990AB23999INT)
2. **07/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB239&version=19990AB23998AMD)
3. **07/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB239&version=19990AB23996CHP)
4. **AB239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB239)
5. **07/15/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB239&version=19990AB23997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 239 KALOOGIAN CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 239 KALOOGIAN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB239 Kaloogian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **fail** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kaloogian — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-07-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 175, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-07-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3115.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2138.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1826.)
- **1999-06-22** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-04-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-03-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 747.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-03-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **1999-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/045dfbf2-9c5b-4183-b4a2-45a6628dc7f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).