---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservators: photograph of missing conservatee."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court to appoint a conservator of the person to act on behalf of a person who is unable to adequately provide for his or her personal needs, or a conservator of the estate to act on behalf of a person who is substantially incapable of managing his or her financial resources. Existing law also authorizes a court to appoint a conservator of the estate of a person who is missing and whose whereabouts are unknown. Under existing law, a conservator of the person has the care, custody, and control of a conservatee, except as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2493"
citation: "California AB 2493 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservators: photograph of missing conservatee."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfb0bae5-7939-4b78-bd0c-2d01a420aa82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2493"
source_hash: "9011951679336e71d174b92b043b223f4602f059fcce5dcaf4ed0dbe1e35d90d"
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 2493 (20092010) — Conservators: photograph of missing conservatee.

Existing law authorizes a court to appoint a conservator of the person to act on behalf of a person who is unable to adequately provide for his or her personal needs, or a conservator of the estate to act on behalf of a person who is substantially incapable of managing his or her financial resources. Existing law also authorizes a court to appoint a conservator of the estate of a person who is missing and whose whereabouts are unknown. Under existing law, a conservator of the person has the care, custody, and control of a conservatee, except as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2493&version=20090AB249399INT)
2. **04/13/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2493&version=20090AB249398AMD)
3. **07/15/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2493&version=20090AB249396CHP)
4. **AB2493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2493)
5. **06/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2493&version=20090AB249397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2493 FULLER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #28 AB2493 Fuller — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fuller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** To second reading.
- **2010-04-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4851.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-23** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4099.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-07-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2010-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 97, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfb0bae5-7939-4b78-bd0c-2d01a420aa82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).