---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revocable trusts."
description: "Under existing law, a trust that is revocable by the settlor may be revoked in whole or in part by either compliance with any method of revocation provided in the trust instrument or by a writing, other than a will, signed by the settlor and delivered to the trustee during the settlor's lifetime, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1683"
citation: "California AB 1683 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revocable trusts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hagman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-14"
last_action: "2012-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5551f58-81fd-4e21-a960-774d023eac7b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1683"
source_hash: "f6eb7240155bede8ced60b7fa11a2f3b3e6f731ed06f17ac4f9a62ef67d7fdab"
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 1683 (20112012) — Revocable trusts.

Under existing law, a trust that is revocable by the settlor may be revoked in whole or in part by either compliance with any method of revocation provided in the trust instrument or by a writing, other than a will, signed by the settlor and delivered to the trustee during the settlor's lifetime, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1683&version=20110AB168399INT)
2. **03/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1683&version=20110AB168398AMD)
3. **03/22/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1683&version=20110AB168397AMD)
4. **07/09/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1683&version=20110AB168395CHP)
5. **AB1683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1683)
6. **06/21/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1683&version=20110AB168396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1683 HAGMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1683 Hagman By Harman — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hagman — primary (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2012-02-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4186.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-03-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3958.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2012-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 55, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5551f58-81fd-4e21-a960-774d023eac7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).