--- type: "Bill" title: "Guardianship: special immigrant juveniles." description: "The Guardianship-Conservatorship Law generally establishes the standards and procedures for the appointment and termination of an appointment for a guardian or conservator of a person, an estate, or both. Existing law authorizes a nonprofit charitable corporation to be appointed as a guardian or conservator of the person or estate, or both, if certain conditions are met, including, if the corporation is incorporated in this state. Existing law requires a nonprofit charitable corporation appointed as a guardian or conservator to meet specific requirements, including, notifying the court of a change in the person who is the responsible corporate officer for compliance with the legal requirements of acting as guardian, as specified. Existing law limits the compensation for a nonprofit charitable corporation or its attorney to compensation for services actually rendered." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2642" citation: "California AB 2642 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Guardianship: special immigrant juveniles."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Levine"] version_count: 6 action_count: 23 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2018-02-15" last_action: "2018-07-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2d48eee-4970-4767-923b-ab3a791af56a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2642" source_hash: "2dd250d9cd1e49ac879a3ff04bb5bb01fd73bc6262b554f2155f59d7d86a7d10" 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 2642 (20172018) — Guardianship: special immigrant juveniles. The Guardianship-Conservatorship Law generally establishes the standards and procedures for the appointment and termination of an appointment for a guardian or conservator of a person, an estate, or both. Existing law authorizes a nonprofit charitable corporation to be appointed as a guardian or conservator of the person or estate, or both, if certain conditions are met, including, if the corporation is incorporated in this state. Existing law requires a nonprofit charitable corporation appointed as a guardian or conservator to meet specific requirements, including, notifying the court of a change in the person who is the responsible corporate officer for compliance with the legal requirements of acting as guardian, as specified. Existing law limits the compensation for a nonprofit charitable corporation or its attorney to compensation for services actually rendered. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2642&version=20170AB264299INT) 2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2642&version=20170AB264298AMD) 3. **04/26/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2642&version=20170AB264297AMD) 4. **07/16/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2642&version=20170AB264295CHP) 5. **AB2642** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2642) 6. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2642&version=20170AB264296ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB2642 Levine By Hertzberg — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2642 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **64–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Levine — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. - **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2018-04-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2018-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 5002.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-06-25** From Consent Calendar. - **2018-06-25** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5046.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2018-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 103, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2d48eee-4970-4767-923b-ab3a791af56a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).