---
type: "Bill"
title: "Decedents' estates: posthumously conceived children."
description: "Decedents' estates: posthumously conceived children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1910"
citation: "California AB 1910 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Decedents' estates: posthumously conceived children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-09"
last_action: "2004-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8daab155-13f6-4645-bfb0-a277cf2b4f06"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1910"
source_hash: "7fa648d428335fd4ae2fd155dfa041dac51415c4c5496ebd6c2af7ec77376891"
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 1910 (20032004) — Decedents' estates: posthumously conceived children.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1910&version=20030AB191099INT)
2. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1910&version=20030AB191098AMD)
3. **06/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1910&version=20030AB191097AMD)
4. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1910&version=20030AB191096AMD)
5. **06/29/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1910&version=20030AB191095AMD)
6. **08/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1910&version=20030AB191094AMD)
7. **09/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1910&version=20030AB191092CHP)
8. **AB1910** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1910)
9. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1910&version=20030AB191093ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab1910 harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1910 harman assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1910 harman concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab1910 harman by ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 775, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7530.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5062.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** In Senate. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4542.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5813.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** 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`
- **2004-04-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-02-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2004-02-09** 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/8daab155-13f6-4645-bfb0-a277cf2b4f06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).