---
type: "Bill"
title: "Decedents' estates: creditor claims."
description: "Decedents' estates: creditor claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 361"
citation: "California AB 361 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Decedents' estates: creditor claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-14"
last_action: "2007-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b14bf9d-8e48-4443-ba9a-1e22c3c5418f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB361"
source_hash: "8a786e095fcd974c2efccb7f373598ada36f406ba4e8dbfbd7bfedf60d85651f"
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 361 (20072008) — Decedents' estates: creditor claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB361&version=20070AB36199INT)
2. **03/22/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB361&version=20070AB36198AMD)
3. **06/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB361&version=20070AB36197AMD)
4. **06/25/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB361&version=20070AB36196AMD)
5. **07/20/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB361&version=20070AB36194CHP)
6. **AB361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB361)
7. **07/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB361&version=20070AB36195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 361 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB361 Ma — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 361 MA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2007-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** 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`
- **2007-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 938.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1590.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-07-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2425.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 105, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b14bf9d-8e48-4443-ba9a-1e22c3c5418f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).