---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonprobate transfers: revocable transfer on death deed."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2021, creates the revocable transfer on death deed (revocable TOD deed) , as defined, which allows an owner of real property to transfer that property, upon death, to a beneficiary without a probate proceeding, according to specified rules. Existing law sets forth the statutory forms that must be used by a transferor in the execution of a revocable TOD deed. Existing law requires the California Law Revision Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the revocable TOD deed to the Legislature by January 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1779"
citation: "California AB 1779 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nonprobate transfers: revocable transfer on death deed."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-03"
last_action: "2016-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9fe04ac-3d49-4dce-a206-a828c1289a98"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1779"
source_hash: "e6c706b86fc62befade345adbbceb9d065b9706f65ce0b793207fb1e3288b17b"
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 1779 (20152016) — Nonprobate transfers: revocable transfer on death deed.

Existing law, until January 1, 2021, creates the revocable transfer on death deed (revocable TOD deed) , as defined, which allows an owner of real property to transfer that property, upon death, to a beneficiary without a probate proceeding, according to specified rules. Existing law sets forth the statutory forms that must be used by a transferor in the execution of a revocable TOD deed. Existing law requires the California Law Revision Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the revocable TOD deed to the Legislature by January 1, 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1779&version=20150AB177999INT)
2. **05/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1779&version=20150AB177998AMD)
3. **08/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1779&version=20150AB177996CHP)
4. **AB1779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1779)
5. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1779&version=20150AB177997ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1779 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** From Consent Calendar.
- **2016-05-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5015.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4872.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2016-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 179, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9fe04ac-3d49-4dce-a206-a828c1289a98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).