republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2271.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probate: appeals."
description: "Existing law establishes the right to appeal the making or denial of various orders or judgments under probate law. Existing law also provides that when an appeal is taken for the purpose of preventing injury or loss to a person or property the trial court may direct the exercise of the powers of the fiduciary, or may appoint a temporary guardian or conservator of the power, or a special administrator, to exercise the powers, as if no appeal were pending, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2271"
citation: "California AB 2271 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Probate: appeals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Silva"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11daf3bd-c88d-4861-aff3-414da242614d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2271"
source_hash: "ae25a960a424aed6cfb6986b368346a1f412759805a49fc149e5001f3aafba29"
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 2271 (20092010) — Probate: appeals.

Existing law establishes the right to appeal the making or denial of various orders or judgments under probate law. Existing law also provides that when an appeal is taken for the purpose of preventing injury or loss to a person or property the trial court may direct the exercise of the powers of the fiduciary, or may appoint a temporary guardian or conservator of the power, or a special administrator, to exercise the powers, as if no appeal were pending, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2271&version=20090AB227199INT)
2. **03/11/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2271&version=20090AB227198AMD)
3. **03/17/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2271&version=20090AB227197AMD)
4. **06/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2271&version=20090AB227196AMD)
5. **07/15/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2271&version=20090AB227194CHP)
6. **AB2271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2271)
7. **06/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2271&version=20090AB227195ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2271 Silva — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2271 SILVA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2271 SILVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Re-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 75. Noes 0. Page 5847.) `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 94, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11daf3bd-c88d-4861-aff3-414da242614d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).