---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardianship."
description: "Existing law, the Guardianship-Conservatorship Law, authorizes a court, upon hearing of a petition, to appoint a guardian of a person or estate of the proposed ward in accordance with specified provisions of law governing the custody of a minor child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 458"
citation: "California AB 458 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guardianship."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9cfe608-3f1a-4786-a55e-d2d0b1967c49"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB458"
source_hash: "c85f845d442da1777655346d995436df0205101d312cdf049475ca10c96578cf"
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 458 (20112012) — Guardianship.

Existing law, the Guardianship-Conservatorship Law, authorizes a court, upon hearing of a petition, to appoint a guardian of a person or estate of the proposed ward in accordance with specified provisions of law governing the custody of a minor child.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB458&version=20110AB45899INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB458&version=20110AB45898AMD)
3. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB458&version=20110AB45896CHP)
4. **AB458** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB458)
5. **07/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB458&version=20110AB45897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 458 ATKINS Consent Calendar Second Day — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 982.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1688.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-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 102, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9cfe608-3f1a-4786-a55e-d2d0b1967c49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).