---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and trusts."
description: "Estates and trusts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 171"
citation: "California AB 171 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and trusts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2007-01-23"
last_action: "2008-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f0a0035-90d7-4f1e-b10b-dc4da3562c39"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171"
source_hash: "c00f4f7393b221351b97093be458c99b563c09b77e98441d9e8b0bf136b9ce44"
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 171 (20072008) — Estates and trusts.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17199INT)
2. **02/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17193AMD)
3. **03/22/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17198AMD)
4. **03/26/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17192AMD)
5. **04/11/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17197AMD)
6. **05/29/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17191AMD)
7. **06/21/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17196AMD)
8. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17195AMD)
9. **08/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17194AMD)
10. **09/26/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17189CHP)
11. **AB171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171)
12. **08/08/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB171&version=20070AB17190ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 171 BEALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB171 Beall By Harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 171 BEALL Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 30. Page 1304.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-21** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-02-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-02-06** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-26** 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`
- **2008-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-05-29** 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`
- **2008-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4682.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 5). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6240.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 310, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f0a0035-90d7-4f1e-b10b-dc4da3562c39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).