---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act."
description: "Existing law provides for the disposition of a testator's property by will. Existing law also provides for the disposition of that portion of a decedent's estate not disposed of by will. Existing law provides that the decedent's property, including property devised by a will, is generally subject to probate administration, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 691"
citation: "California AB 691 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2016-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f1f96fc-22a3-45c1-afc5-d5d96bac8f98"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691"
source_hash: "c3d1bcd85917e2aaf388b4ec396d79a548a6970bc5b0b40692407aadc83ace95"
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 691 (20152016) — Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.

Existing law provides for the disposition of a testator's property by will. Existing law also provides for the disposition of that portion of a decedent's estate not disposed of by will. Existing law provides that the decedent's property, including property devised by a will, is generally subject to probate administration, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69199INT)
2. **03/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69198AMD)
3. **04/11/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69192AMD)
4. **04/14/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69197AMD)
5. **04/20/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69196AMD)
6. **04/20/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69191AMD)
7. **04/30/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69195AMD)
8. **06/14/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69190AMD)
9. **07/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69194AMD)
10. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69193AMD)
11. **09/24/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69188CHP)
12. **AB691** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691)
13. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB691&version=20150AB69189ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 691 CALDERON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB691 Calderon By Hertzberg — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 691 CALDERON Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)
- Chang — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Dababneh — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Steinorth — coauthor (person)
- Travis Allen — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2015-03-09** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-04** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1380.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-09** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-10** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 10). `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-11** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Mitchell.
- **2016-04-11** From inactive file.
- **2016-04-11** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-04-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 4724.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-04** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-24** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6305.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 551, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f1f96fc-22a3-45c1-afc5-d5d96bac8f98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).