---
type: "Bill"
title: "Powers of appointment."
description: "Existing law provides a statutory body of law relating to powers of appointment, including the creation and exercise of, and the revocability of the creation, exercise, or release of, a power of appointment. Existing law provides that a power of appointment can be created only by a donor having the capacity to transfer the interest in property to which the power relates. Existing law for these purposes defines a person to whom a power of appointment is given or in whose favor a power of appointment is reserved as a \"donee.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2846"
citation: "California AB 2846 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Powers of appointment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a3670e3-1e97-4b7a-a27d-a3ff4a2add48"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2846"
source_hash: "7e7ec6e45ec0d497f78c4cf5ac487148fa8a9f5fb0ba07e771f90c53b22ff72d"
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 2846 (20152016) — Powers of appointment.

Existing law provides a statutory body of law relating to powers of appointment, including the creation and exercise of, and the revocability of the creation, exercise, or release of, a power of appointment. Existing law provides that a power of appointment can be created only by a donor having the capacity to transfer the interest in property to which the power relates. Existing law for these purposes defines a person to whom a power of appointment is given or in whose favor a power of appointment is reserved as a "donee."

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2846&version=20150AB284699INT)
2. **05/09/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2846&version=20150AB284698AMD)
3. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2846&version=20150AB284696CHP)
4. **AB2846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2846)
5. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2846&version=20150AB284697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2846 MAIENSCHEIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-04-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4792.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** 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 81, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a3670e3-1e97-4b7a-a27d-a3ff4a2add48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).