---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probate matters: guardianships: estates."
description: "Existing law requires a creditor to file a claim against a decedent's estate before the later of 4 months after the date letters, as specified by other provisions of law, are first issued to a general personal representative or 60 days after the date notice of administration is mailed or personally delivered to the creditor. Existing law provides a form for a notice of petition to administer a decedent's estate, and for a notice of administration of a decedent's estate, and requires that notices for those purposes substantially comply with the statutory form."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2683"
citation: "California AB 2683 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Probate matters: guardianships: estates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-03-12"
last_action: "2012-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29294509-c563-4e80-9e0a-5ec59610ec43"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2683"
source_hash: "5ba828d5878b23dbfd0b9a08e675c3cf2b5eeab37ee0a7d040debff94fce4ac3"
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 2683 (20112012) — Probate matters: guardianships: estates.

Existing law requires a creditor to file a claim against a decedent's estate before the later of 4 months after the date letters, as specified by other provisions of law, are first issued to a general personal representative or 60 days after the date notice of administration is mailed or personally delivered to the creditor. Existing law provides a form for a notice of petition to administer a decedent's estate, and for a notice of administration of a decedent's estate, and requires that notices for those purposes substantially comply with the statutory form.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/12/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2683&version=20110AB268399INT)
2. **04/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2683&version=20110AB268398AMD)
3. **08/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2683&version=20110AB268396CHP)
4. **AB2683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2683)
5. **08/13/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2683&version=20110AB268397ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2683 Committee on JUD. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2683 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-03-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-13** From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-23** 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`
- **2012-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4830.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4444.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:10 p.m.
- **2012-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29294509-c563-4e80-9e0a-5ec59610ec43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).