---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probate."
description: "Probate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 167"
citation: "California AB 167 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Probate."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-01-23"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f63f408b-59f5-4d5d-bc11-e6bfe3214a49"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB167"
source_hash: "8281e10d2706801e85a8bba86a959d0aa66ceebfebffff94b234daca0bd422b1"
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 167 (20032004) — Probate.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB167&version=20030AB16799INT)
2. **03/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB167&version=20030AB16798AMD)
3. **07/07/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB167&version=20030AB16796CHP)
4. **AB167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB167)
5. **06/19/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB167&version=20030AB16797ENR)

## Votes

- ab 167 harman consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- consent calendar 2nd ab167 harman — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 32, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2003-06-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-06-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1398.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 756.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-03-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-01-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2003-01-23** 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/f63f408b-59f5-4d5d-bc11-e6bfe3214a49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).