---
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: "SB 873"
citation: "California SB 873 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2016-01-14"
last_action: "2016-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5dc2961-f630-41d9-8088-1f64ef163948"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB873"
source_hash: "eeda66a160a413e224b377c350b6dfe6ea33712ab81e7fbbddb00287aa31c16c"
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 SB 873 (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. **01/14/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB873&version=20150SB87399INT)
2. **04/05/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB873&version=20150SB87398AMD)
3. **06/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB873&version=20150SB87397AMD)
4. **08/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB873&version=20150SB87396AMD)
5. **08/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB873&version=20150SB87395AMD)
6. **09/24/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB873&version=20150SB87393CHP)
7. **SB873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB873)
8. **09/06/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB873&version=20150SB87394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 873 Beall Senate Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB873 Beall Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 873 Beall Senate Third Reading By CALDERON — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Calderon — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 14.
- **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-24** Set for hearing March 16.
- **2016-03-08** March 16 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-03-10** Set for hearing March 30.
- **2016-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3334.) (March 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2016-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3998.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4036.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-20** June 20 set for first hearing. Placed on REV. & TAX. suspense file.
- **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5957.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-19** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** From consent calendar.
- **2016-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-30** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2016-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6481.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5574.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 585, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5dc2961-f630-41d9-8088-1f64ef163948`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).