---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trusts: Notice of proposed action by trustee."
description: "Existing law provides for the creation, modification, and termination of trusts, and regulates the acts of trustees in administering a trust. Existing law establishes provisions by which a trustee may give a notice of proposed action regarding certain matters, while prohibiting the use of these notices for other specified actions, including preliminary and final distributions and discharge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1700"
citation: "California AB 1700 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trusts: Notice of proposed action by trustee."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-25"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bf0c833-7800-4798-85c5-2ace26844c20"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1700"
source_hash: "c85c8b59a05f7f5e982d64be0dc3e1aab8c24e251b38899415e8f4fe7a596424"
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 1700 (20152016) — Trusts: Notice of proposed action by trustee.

Existing law provides for the creation, modification, and termination of trusts, and regulates the acts of trustees in administering a trust. Existing law establishes provisions by which a trustee may give a notice of proposed action regarding certain matters, while prohibiting the use of these notices for other specified actions, including preliminary and final distributions and discharge.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1700&version=20150AB170099INT)
2. **03/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1700&version=20150AB170098AMD)
3. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1700&version=20150AB170096CHP)
4. **AB1700** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1700)
5. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1700&version=20150AB170097ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1700 MAIENSCHEIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2016-02-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 3979.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-31** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4648.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 64, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bf0c833-7800-4798-85c5-2ace26844c20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).