--- type: "Bill" title: "Decedents' estates: smaller estates." description: "Existing law establishes simplified procedures for addressing a decedent's estate valued under $100,000, including authorizing the successor of the decedent to collect property due to the decedent without letters of administration or awaiting probate of a will. Existing law excludes certain property from the determination of the value of the estate, including salary or other compensation owed to the decedent, not to exceed $5,000. Existing law permits a court, pursuant to a petition, to determine succession to property in an estate valued under $100,000, as specified. Existing law establishes an affidavit procedure by which a person may be designated as a successor to a decedent to a particular item of real property valued at no more than $20,000. Existing law establishes an affidavit procedure by which a surviving spouse may collect salary or other compensation owed the deceased spouse when the amount does not exceed $5,000, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "AB 1305" citation: "California AB 1305 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Decedents' estates: smaller estates."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Huber"] version_count: 5 action_count: 18 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2011-02-18" last_action: "2011-07-25" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/062a9068-42c6-4fbc-91b5-b9cb25b74308" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305" source_hash: "b51dc53deb48f6506a9da9d430450ad6e2fd54df003ce81cf05d8a0b8cecf12d" 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 1305 (20112012) — Decedents' estates: smaller estates. Existing law establishes simplified procedures for addressing a decedent's estate valued under $100,000, including authorizing the successor of the decedent to collect property due to the decedent without letters of administration or awaiting probate of a will. Existing law excludes certain property from the determination of the value of the estate, including salary or other compensation owed to the decedent, not to exceed $5,000. Existing law permits a court, pursuant to a petition, to determine succession to property in an estate valued under $100,000, as specified. Existing law establishes an affidavit procedure by which a person may be designated as a successor to a decedent to a particular item of real property valued at no more than $20,000. Existing law establishes an affidavit procedure by which a surviving spouse may collect salary or other compensation owed the deceased spouse when the amount does not exceed $5,000, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305&version=20110AB130599INT) 2. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305&version=20110AB130598AMD) 3. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305&version=20110AB130596CHP) 4. **AB1305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305) 5. **07/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1305&version=20110AB130597ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent #5 — **37–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1305 HUBER Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1305 HUBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Huber — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22. - **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 910.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2011-04-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2011-05-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-06-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2011-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1573.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2011-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 2158.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m. - **2011-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 117, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/062a9068-42c6-4fbc-91b5-b9cb25b74308`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).