republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1990.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trusts: trustee liability."
description: "Trusts: trustee liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1990"
citation: "California AB 1990 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trusts: trustee liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-13"
last_action: "2004-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28b51368-d50c-41c6-b321-88c997509e19"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1990"
source_hash: "9a69ea9a794c3fc5d115acbda64fefc144fc85878cc230fc017dec8f156b8a23"
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 1990 (20032004) — Trusts: trustee liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1990&version=20030AB199099INT)
2. **04/29/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1990&version=20030AB199098AMD)
3. **05/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1990&version=20030AB199097AMD)
4. **06/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1990&version=20030AB199096AMD)
5. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1990&version=20030AB199095AMD)
6. **09/15/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1990&version=20030AB199093CHP)
7. **AB1990** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1990)
8. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1990&version=20030AB199094ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1990 campbell by johnson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1990 campbell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1990 campbell assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 538, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7879.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5350.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2004-08-09** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4421.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5555.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2004-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28b51368-d50c-41c6-b321-88c997509e19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).