---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservators and guardians: personal rights of conservatees."
description: "Existing law requires that a guardian or conservator of a person be responsible for the care, custody, control, and education of a ward or conservatee, subject to a court's determination of the extent of those powers, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 937"
citation: "California AB 937 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservators and guardians: personal rights of conservatees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84e0fd81-fcd3-4dbf-b12e-bc19d8ab9d35"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB937"
source_hash: "e9462ca2e8745c3c6ff37558d6b69e2588da49533d5c051a376d7c2d391dad43"
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 937 (20132014) — Conservators and guardians: personal rights of conservatees.

Existing law requires that a guardian or conservator of a person be responsible for the care, custody, control, and education of a ward or conservatee, subject to a court's determination of the extent of those powers, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB937&version=20130AB93799INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB937&version=20130AB93798AMD)
3. **04/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB937&version=20130AB93797AMD)
4. **05/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB937&version=20130AB93796AMD)
5. **08/19/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB937&version=20130AB93794CHP)
6. **AB937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB937)
7. **08/08/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB937&version=20130AB93795ENR)

## Votes

- AB 937 WIECKOWSKI Assembly Third Reading — **68–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB937 Wieckowski By Wolk — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 1452.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 1688.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
- **2013-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84e0fd81-fcd3-4dbf-b12e-bc19d8ab9d35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).