---
type: "Bill"
title: "Decedents' estates: personal representative."
description: "Existing law authorizes a personal representative, or any person claiming to be a beneficiary or otherwise entitled to distribution of a share of an estate, to file a petition for a court determination of the persons entitled to distribution of the decedent's estate. Existing law also requires the court to consider as evidence in the proceeding any statement made in a petition and any statement of interest, except as specified, and authorizes the personal representative to file papers and otherwise participate in the proceeding as a party to assist the court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1160"
citation: "California AB 1160 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Decedents' estates: personal representative."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wagner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9d8d82f-639f-492b-9b21-7ddc02267361"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1160"
source_hash: "3dac120cb5c16faa68377852cab8b701b49be2991887f0ffb7cc75ff7a34d5bf"
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 1160 (20132014) — Decedents' estates: personal representative.

Existing law authorizes a personal representative, or any person claiming to be a beneficiary or otherwise entitled to distribution of a share of an estate, to file a petition for a court determination of the persons entitled to distribution of the decedent's estate. Existing law also requires the court to consider as evidence in the proceeding any statement made in a petition and any statement of interest, except as specified, and authorizes the personal representative to file papers and otherwise participate in the proceeding as a party to assist the court.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1160&version=20130AB116099INT)
2. **03/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1160&version=20130AB116098AMD)
3. **06/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1160&version=20130AB116097AMD)
4. **08/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1160&version=20130AB116095CHP)
5. **AB1160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1160)
6. **07/01/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1160&version=20130AB116096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1160 WAGNER Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1160 WAGNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wagner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** 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`
- **2013-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 884.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1488.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2195.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9d8d82f-639f-492b-9b21-7ddc02267361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).