---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable trusts."
description: "Existing law regulates trust administration and requires a trustee to administer the trust according to the trust instrument, as specified. Existing law defines a charitable trust and prescribes the duties of the trustee of a charitable trust."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 900"
citation: "California AB 900 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable trusts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c708e8eb-b283-4ce8-80ac-c0998bbc5999"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB900"
source_hash: "f71f21af19b1c5576db924058133c54423cd8820f8f6941dc387e5ee50477c4a"
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 900 (20212022) — Charitable trusts.

Existing law regulates trust administration and requires a trustee to administer the trust according to the trust instrument, as specified. Existing law defines a charitable trust and prescribes the duties of the trustee of a charitable trust.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB900&version=20210AB90099INT)
2. **09/01/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB900&version=20210AB90098AMD)
3. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB900&version=20210AB90096CHP)
4. **AB900** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB900)
5. **09/15/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB900&version=20210AB90097ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB900 Reyes By Min — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 900 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — **54–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 900 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 861.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2021-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2621.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 3141.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 708, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c708e8eb-b283-4ce8-80ac-c0998bbc5999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).