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Bill Statutory wills: form. Existing law requires, for a statutory will to be properly executed that the testator complete the appropriate blanks and sign the will and that 2 witnesses observe the testator's signing and each witness sign his or her name in the presence of the testator. However, the form used for a statutory will also requires the witnesses to sign in each other's presence. us/states/ca California Legislature 20092010 AB 1986 California AB 1986 (20092010)
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California AB 1986 (20092010) — Statutory wills: form.

Existing law requires, for a statutory will to be properly executed that the testator complete the appropriate blanks and sign the will and that 2 witnesses observe the testator's signing and each witness sign his or her name in the presence of the testator. However, the form used for a statutory will also requires the witnesses to sign in each other's presence.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/17/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 06/16/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 07/15/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB1986 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/30/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 1986 SILVA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB1986 Silva — pass (pass) · upper
  • AB 1986 SILVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Silva — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2010-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2010-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
  • 2010-02-18 (Corrected February 18.)
  • 2010-03-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2010-03-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2010-03-24 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2010-04-05 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4452.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2010-04-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2010-04-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2010-06-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (June 10). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2010-06-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to Consent Calendar. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2010-06-24 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4056.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2010-06-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2010-06-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5845.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 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 88, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75198fe4-8c56-4ed5-9b9f-752e30602cf3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).