---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unclaimed property."
description: "(1) Existing law provides that the contents of a safe deposit box, or the proceeds of their sale, held in this state by a business association escheat to the state if unclaimed by the owner for more than 3 years, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 495"
citation: "California SB 495 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unclaimed property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1395eac-b275-47c8-9e19-741439dbf8b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB495"
source_hash: "c31adb4c33a5cafba002d6032aae5d696b7047a0d67d49685c28807e418f8dcc"
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 SB 495 (20112012) — Unclaimed property.

(1) Existing law provides that the contents of a safe deposit box, or the proceeds of their sale, held in this state by a business association escheat to the state if unclaimed by the owner for more than 3 years, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB495&version=20110SB49599INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB495&version=20110SB49598AMD)
3. **05/10/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB495&version=20110SB49597AMD)
4. **07/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB495&version=20110SB49596AMD)
5. **08/18/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB495&version=20110SB49595AMD)
6. **09/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB495&version=20110SB49593CHP)
7. **SB495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB495)
8. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB495&version=20110SB49594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 495 Fuller Senate Third Reading By BERRYHILL — **71–3** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #4 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB495 Fuller Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fuller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2011-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 860.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2011-05-23** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-25** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1118.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1282.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-15** From consent calendar.
- **2011-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-18** Read third time and amended. (Page 2453.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 2581.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2149.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 305, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1395eac-b275-47c8-9e19-741439dbf8b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).