---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardians and conservators."
description: "Guardians and conservators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1340"
citation: "California AB 1340 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guardians and conservators."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be402b0e-018a-4b03-8e44-4e038d4f4193"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340"
source_hash: "42ac5725ee9e7e0774e7bf35913827ca6493e44036ba94951640c8786816a4c7"
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 1340 (20072008) — Guardians and conservators.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134099INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134098AMD)
3. **01/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134097AMD)
4. **06/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134096AMD)
5. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134095AMD)
6. **07/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134094AMD)
7. **08/05/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134093AMD)
8. **08/13/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134092AMD)
9. **08/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134091AMD)
10. **09/25/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134089CHP)
11. **AB1340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340)
12. **09/05/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1340&version=20070AB134090ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1340 Jones By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1340 Jones Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1340 JONES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)
- Corbett — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-16** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3784.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-01-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-02** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-19** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2008-07-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5313.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6992.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 293, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be402b0e-018a-4b03-8e44-4e038d4f4193`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).